Digital personnel planning in outpatient and inpatient anaesthesiological care facilities: results of an online survey

Background: Our country still needs to catch up with others when it comes to digitisation in the health sector. This does not only apply to patient care. The aim of this paper is to record the status quo of personnel management in German outpatient and inpatient anaesthesiologic care facilities.Methodology: This article presents the second part of a survey conducted in October 2021, which focused on the state of digitisation in German anaesthesiology. The link to the survey was sent to a total of 2,930 heads of anaesthesia departments in hospitals as well as practice owners.Results: A total of 635 persons participated in the survey. We found that software for staff planning is less frequently used in the outpatient as compared to the inpatient sector. Large facilities use software more often than smaller ones do; this is applies to both outpatient and inpatient facilities. Most of the software tools used offer documentation and working time recording options. Automated duty scheduling and the consideration of staff preferences play a subordinate role in the software functions.Conclusion: Digital personnel management is predominantly operated by larger out-patient facilities and clinics. As such, it primarily serves to comply with legal requirements. More advanced functions, for example, automated duty scheduling, which would save the departments a lot of work and time, are usually not provided by other software tools used.     «

Background: Our country still needs to catch up with others when it comes to digitisation in the health sector. This does not only apply to patient care. The aim of this paper is to record the status quo of personnel management in German outpatient and inpatient anaesthesiologic care facilities.Methodology: This article presents the second part of a survey conducted in October 2021, which focused on the state of digitisation in German anaesthesiology. The link to the survey was sent to a total o...     »