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Health unit assessment tool

  • US 20050137929A1
  • Filed: 06/10/2004
  • Published: 06/23/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A normalized scoring method for a plurality of patient care departments of a health care facility, comprising:

  • a. predetermining independently for each of plural health care departments what available patient receiving area scores to assign to different numbers of available patient receiving areas in a department;

    b. determining how many patient receiving areas are available to receive patients in each of the plural health care departments;

    c. determining from the number of available patient receiving areas and the predetermined available patient receiving area scores for each department an available patient-receiving-area component of a score for each said health care department;

    d. predetermining for each of plural health care departments what scores to assign to different levels of staffing in the departments;

    e. determining the level of staffing in each said health care department;

    f. determining from the level of staffing and the predetermined staffing scores for each department a staffing level component of a score for each said health care department;

    g. determining a score for each said health care department that is the sum of at least said available patient receiving areas component and said staffing level component; and

    h. transmitting said score to a manager.

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