Depends. If you are management or adminsitration Medicus will be your best friend. If you are staff and looking for real acuity Medicus is your worst enemy. I've seen the Apache system but never used it. At least it asks clinical questions. We figured out how they 'grade' our patients and we started keeping track. We found we were being required to perform 50 hours of care in a 12 hour shift!!!! Administrations response was to water down the system. People who use to come in as a level6 (1:1) are now coming in as a level 4. I'd love to find a good acuity system that actually measures true patient care needs! If you find one please post it.
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