NURSE LEADERS SURVEY
Only one-third of nurse leaders report using VMS or nurse staffing predictive analytics.
Thirty-one percent of hospital nurse leaders said their facilities use nurse staffing predictive analytics software. This software is designed to project nurse staffing needs through algorithms that calculate patient need, changes in seasonal utilization and other factors, so that hospitals can staff up or down as appropriate. Of those nurse leaders who said their facilities use predictive analytics, 65% said their systems can measure changes in patient utilization, 45% said they can measure nurse performance, and 36% said they can measure patient outcomes. When asked about the benefits of predictive analytics, 40% said they reduced nurse shortages, 40% said they have increased staff satisfaction, 38% said they have reduced staffing costs, 36% said they reduced reliance on travel nurses, and 34% said they have saved nurse manager time. Most Useful Services When asked which of the nurse workforce management and support services they use have been most useful, 61% of nurse leaders said that telehealth services have been moderately to extremely useful, 60% said translation services have been moderately to extremely useful, and 53% said that recruitment process outsourcing has been moderately to extremely useful. Most nurse leaders indicated that virtually all of the nurse management workforce and support services they use are at least moderately useful. Only 6% of nurse leaders said that translation/interpretation services are only slightly or not at all useful, while only 7% said that telehealth and per diem management technology are only slightly or not at all useful. However, 21% said that technology for internal resource pools is only slightly or not at all useful, while 15% said recruitment process outsourcing is only slightly or not at all useful, suggesting that these services are somewhat less useful than others rated by nurse leaders.
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