Total staff costs to implement a decision support system in nursing

Authors

  • Valeria Castilho Universidade de Sao Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Antonio Fernandes Costa Lima Universidade de Sao Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Fernanda Maria Togeiro Fugulin Universidade de Sao Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Heloisa Helena Ciqueto Peres Universidade de Sao Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem
  • Raquel Rapone Gaidzinski Universidade de Sao Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3074.2383

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to identify the direct labor (DL) costs to put in practice a decision support system (DSS) in nursing at the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo (HU-USP). METHOD: the development of the DSS was mapped in four sub-processes: Conception, Elaboration, Construction and Transition. To calculate the DL, the baseline salary per professional category was added to the five-year additional remuneration, representation fees and social charges, and then divided by the number of hours contracted, resulting in the hour wage/professional, which was multiplied by the time spend on each activity in the sub-processes. RESULTS: the DL cost corresponded to R$ 752,618.56 (100%), R$ 26,000.00 (3.45%) of which were funded by a funding agency, while R$ 726,618.56 (96,55%) came from Hospital and University resources. CONCLUSION: considering the total DL cost, 72.1% related to staff wages for the informatics consulting company and 27.9% to the DL of professionals at the HU and the School of Nursing.

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Published

2014-01-01

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 1 (2014)

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Total staff costs to implement a decision support system in nursing . (2014). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 22(1), 158-164. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-1169.3074.2383