| Article ID: | iaor19992404 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 105 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 317 |
| End Page Number: | 331 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1998 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Delesie Luc, Vanden Boer G. |
| Keywords: | computers: information, statistics: multivariate |
Since the introduction of the Nursing Minimum Data Set on a nationwide basis in 1988, this nursing care information system has been used by the government, in defining hospitals budgets, as well as by individual hospitals, in their nursing management. The article is focusing on the information and communication tools the NMDS includes. The case study illustrates the typical approach of the NMDS for the management of personnel resources in hospitals.