I-Corps: Clinical Workforce Schedule Optimization Technology

这个i-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是，在之前NSF资助的研究项目基础上开发的一种新的临床时间表优化技术可以用于减少卫生系统的人员成本。这项技术还将有助于提高患者的安全性。先前分析的结果表明，使用该系统可以显著节省联合业务和安全成本。由于员工成本，特别是临床劳动力成本构成了医疗成本的重要组成部分，成功实施时间表优化技术可能会对整体医疗成本产生很大影响。更多的安全益处将提供潜在的进一步节省。这个I-Corps项目有助于探索临床工作人员在制定人员配备和调度决策时所使用的流程，以及如何潜在地利用开发的临床调度优化技术在实际操作环境中改进这些决策。这次探索的结果将有助于研究团队了解市场对这项技术的准备情况，以及帮助改进医院系统的潜在产品和服务的可行性。这将通过确定目标市场和对当前人员配备产品和解决方案的了解，为该技术的进一步发展提供信息。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project will be that a novel clinical schedule optimization technology developed based on a prior NSF funded research project can be used to reduce staffing costs in health systems. The technology will also help improve patient safety. Results from prior analysis suggest that significant joint operational and safety costs savings are possible using the system. Since staffing costs, specifically clinical workforce costs, constitute a significant portion of healthcare costs, a large impact on overall health care costs can result from successful implementation of the schedule optimization technology. Additional safety benefits will offer potential further savings.This I-Corps project with help explore the processes used in making staffing and scheduling decisions for the clinical staff, and how the developed clinical schedule optimization technology can potentially be leveraged to improve these decisions in real operational settings. The findings from this exploration will help the investigator team to understand the market readiness for this technology, and the viability of potential products and services to help improve hospital systems. This will inform the technology's further development by determining the target market and understanding of current staffing products and solutions.