Medical facility employee scheduling method using patient acuity information

A computerized method for scheduling employees at a medical facility, said method comprising:

• compiling a plurality of patient profiles, each associated with a different patient and containing an acuity level for the associated patient;
• in response to the acuity levels of the patients, determining a number of employees that are required to provide care to the patients;
• compiling a plurality of employee profiles, each associated with a different employee and specifying a patient care capability of the associated employee,
• employing the number of employees that are required and the plurality of employee profiles to schedule employees at the medical facility, thereby producing an employee work schedule defining a scheduled amount of time for each of a plurality of employees;
• recording information indicating an actual amount of time each of the plurality of employees worked during completed work periods;
• and
• employing the scheduled amount of time for work periods which terminate in the future and the actual amount of time to project whether any of the plurality of employees will work overtime in the future.