Abstract: An apparatus and method for receiving data, organizing the data, and constructing hospital staff assignments based on the data. Where hospital staff assignments are instructions that designate which hospital staff members are responsible for which hospital beds. An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a data source, a managing device, a messaging device, and a network linking the aforementioned devices. In operation, the data source updates the managing device when data is newly added or modified, and the managing device organizes and provides relevant data to an assignment device. Based on the relevant data, the assignment device constructs efficient staff assignments.