Longer stays don’t mean better care
Case Management Weekly, October 12, 2005
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Johns Hopkins Hospital has implemented a program to increase patient care, but reduce the average patient length of stay. The program disproves the oft-held notion that patients who remain in acute care longer receive better care, according to an article on www.news-medical.net/.
By cutting times patients spend waiting for services, the hospital has reduced the length of stay for patients by 4%, the equivalent of adding 26 new beds to the hospital. Congestive heart failure patients now stay at the hospital for less than six days, on average.
The hospital followed efficiency models common in the airline industry and at NASA to reduce the wait time for services. Delays in obtaining tests and receiving results were a major factor in delaying discharge for patients. The hospital discovered that many of the inefficiencies and problems could be easily fixed.
Source: http://www.news-medical.net/.
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