ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2019
An investigation on workload indicator of staffing need: A scoping review.
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- Analysis and assessment of biomedical scientists' needs for clinical laboratory: activity-based management as an evaluation methodology.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Predicting the number of IT staff needed in hospitals of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences based on modeling in 2023: A descriptive-analytical study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Applying the workload indicators of staffing needs method in nursing health workforce planning: evidences from four hospitals in Vietnam.Human resources for health · 2022Article
- Assessment of staffing needs for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at primary care units in Brazil using Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method.Human resources for health · 2022Article
- Use of the WISN method to assess the health workforce requirements for the high-volume clinical biochemical laboratories.Human resources for health · 2022Review
- Assessment of Staffing Needs for Frontline Health Workers in Selected Maternal and Child Health Services in 3 Countries of Sub-Saharan West Africa: Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Niger.Health services insights · 2022Article
- Lessons Learnt during the Implementation of WISN for Comprehensive Primary Health Care in India, South Africa and Peru.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of Telemonitoring for Respiratory and Systemic Symptoms of Asthma and COPD: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Participation of delivering private hospital services in universal health coverage: A systematic scoping review of the developing countries' evidence.Journal of education and health promotion · 2021Article
- Monitoring Patient Adherence and Follow-up in Option B+ Program: Understanding Healthcare Workers' Practices, Challenges, and Facilitators in Lilongwe, Malawi.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
The purpose of this scoping review was to survey the most recent (10 years) estimating of needed human resource in health-care organization by Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method literature to understand themes and research avenues that may be helpful and beneficial to estimating of needed staff in health-care organizations. Our search strategy was based on using search engines such as Medline, Google Scholar, Scopus, and PubMed as well publications such as Elsevier, Emerald, ProQuest, and Springer. Finally, 31 articles extract for scoping review. Scoping review findings emerge in four key points that mentioned as follow: Service delivery time, Geographical features, Workload, and Supply and Demand. Furthermore, the strengths and weakness of WISN extracted from literature. As conclusion, the WISN method is applicable to any health-care organization, and of course, in smaller institutions, it can be done more quickly and efficiently. Where shortages of staff were identified using WISN, and if increasing the number of employees was impossible, we could use the task shifting. WISN can be used to calculate the required human resources for future models based on some assumptions such as the results of staff training, demographic changes, and disease profiles and staff turnover.
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