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Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Minimum Staffing Levels

Mike Baisch — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 14:00:38 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on minimum-staffing levels, which can override the calculated staffing needs by adding staff to meet potential demands.

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Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Off-Site Operational Needs

Mike Baisch — Thu, 17 May 2018 14:00:43 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on off-site operational needs, including paid time off and unpaid time off.

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Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: On-Site Operational Needs

Mike Baisch — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 14:00:28 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on "on-site operational needs," which is defined as "staff effort that does not deal directly with patients or their samples, or with the indirect tasks needed to support those patient-care efforts."

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Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Indirect Effort

Mike Baisch — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:00:52 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on indirect effort, which includes tasks performed that don’t involve the patient or a patient’s sample.

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Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Direct Effort

Mike Baisch — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:00:44 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on direct effort through time spent with a patient or patient sample.

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Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: On-Site and Off-Site Operational Needs

Mike Baisch — Thu, 21 Sep 2017 14:00:19 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses the inclusion of on-site and off-site operational needs of the laboratory in his staffing-to-workload analysis.

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Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: Identifying Daily Indirect Effort Needs

Mike Baisch — Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:00:31 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, demonstrates how daily indirect effort tasks contribute to staffing plans and needs in the staffing-to-workload methodology.

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Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: Same-Day Testing Staffing Model

Mike Baisch — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:00:59 +0000

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses how to apply the staffing-to-workload methodology to accommodate same-day testing requirements.

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Applying the Staffing-to-Workload Methodology: Basic Staffing Model

Mike Baisch — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 14:00:18 +0000

Mike Baisch, Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses how to apply the staffing-to-workload methodology to a series of case studies. This post highlights a “basic” staffing model.

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Staffing to Workload: Operational Needs

Mike Baisch — Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:00:59 +0000

Mike Baisch, Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses the mechanics of performing a staffing-to-workload analysis in the testing laboratories. There are three primary areas of focus with staffing needs: direct effort, indirect effort, and operational needs. This post focuses on operational needs.

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