Patent ID: 8392232

Claim:
A system for predicting healthcare worker workload, comprising: at least one processing device operating in response to machine readable instructions and including, an acquisition processor for acquiring a plurality of data items associated with care requirements of a particular patient from a plurality of different sources; a data processor for determining an acuity score of said particular patient as a summation of time score values of healthcare worker performed different task types, said task types being individually differently weighted by time score adjustment values by determining a single score comprising a summation of at least two of, (a) intervention time score values weighted by an intervention time adjustment factor, (b) routine care time score values weighted by a routine care time adjustment factor and (c) a results assessment time score value weighted by a results assessment time adjustment factor, derived from corresponding individual items of said acquired plurality of data items; and a translation processor for, comparing the determined acuity score with a previously determined acuity score of said particular patient and initiating a worker notification in response to a change in acuity score exceeding a predetermined threshold and interpreting said determined acuity score to provide an estimated healthcare worker workload for meeting said care requirements of said particular patient by using predetermined translation data associating acuity score with corresponding healthcare worker workload.