Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 30-34 , April 2007

Demand management: A methodology for outcomes-driven staffing and patient flow management

  • Beth Pickard, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Beth Pickard, BSN, is the president and CEO for AtStaff Inc. in Durham, North Carolina.
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  • Michael Warner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Michael Warner, MHA, PhD, is the chief science officer for AtStaff Inc. in Durham, North Carolina.

References 

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  5. Welton JM , Fischer MH , DeGrace S , Zone-Smith L . Nursing intensity billing . J Nurs Admin . 2006;36(4):181–188

PII: S1541-4612(07)00019-5

doi: 10.1016/j.mnl.2007.01.002

Nurse Leader
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 30-34 , April 2007