OBJECTIVE: To report the development and implementation of a computerized system that supports the planning, management, and optimization of nursing staff schedule for inpatient units of the Israelite Albert Einstein hospital. METHODS: The technological platform dot.Net by Microsoft® was used to develop the Resource Management and Optimization System (SGOR). The SGOR was initially implemented in the nursing units to allow online visualization of nursing schedule per unit and shift according to respective patients' demand. RESULTS: The SGOR was found to facilitate the management of monthly nursing schedules, to decrease design time, to provide safety and accurate information, and to allow quick data retrieval. CONCLUSION: The implementation of the SGOR is a useful system for the management of nursing staff schedule. It allows determining improvements in the schedule of nursing staff as well as determining the need for improvements in both the system itself and the planning and management of nursing staffing demand.
Nursing staff, hospital; Information systems; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Personnel staffing and scheduling information systems
