The ability to predict and measure workload is an integral part of running a successful hospitalist program. It has major implications on projecting staffing needs, maintaining equitable and sustainable scheduling, and predicting appropriate compensation levels.
Our workload model allows hospital administrators and hospitalist leaders to make such important decisions based on objective data. It provides them with the ability to measure and track their workload, and make appropriate changes to their program.
Our workload tool is the most sophisticated product currently on the market. It is designed specifically for hospitalist programs, and has been validated in various settings. Some of its many unique features include:
- It provides a detailed analysis of the ER-Hospitalist interface. This allows programs to accurately study the workload associated with Emergency room consults, and allows for appropriate ER staffing. This important feature will allow hospitals to reduce their ER wait times and significantly improve ER throughput.
- It is the only program that takes into consideration various patient complexity and acuity factors. Our model provides the most accurate reflection of actual workload associated with different in-patient populations, and no other existing workload tool provides this level of accuracy and complexity.
- Using our program, hospital administrators and hospitalist programs leaders will be able to accurately predict the exact workload that will be carried out by individual hospitalists, such as ER consults and admissions, inpatient rounding, patient co-management and administrative duties.
- Our program allows the hospitals to accurately predict their staffing needs based on their own unique patient populations and hospital needs.
To learn more about our workload tool and how it can help improve your program, contact us at info@hospitalistconsulting.com. Be sure to read our white paper on the same subject, available in our resource centre.
