An example for best practices: Staff planning based on patient acuity

The importance of using correct health professional at correct place for effective healthcare is known by many healthcare professional. Insufficient nurse staff causes many negative effects, such as extension of patient hospitalization and increase in hospital infections and even death rates. This study aims to classify the patients hospitalized at AHG, calculate the patient care coefficients every floor or section, monitor necessary nurse numbers on the system, orient nurses to units in need when necessary, and thus, increase patient and employee satisfaction.