Hospitals use coordinators, bed meetings to improve patient flow
Case Management Weekly, May 9, 2007
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Hospitals are using a number of methods to improve patient flow, including flow coordinators and management-level meetings on bed needs, according to a St. Cloud (MN) Times article.
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Other hospitals have used high-level meetings to discuss the daily need for beds, discharges, and transfers in the hospital. That creates a managerial imperative to improve patients' lengths of stay and to speed discharges, cleaning, and placement, according to the Times.
Source: Patient Flow Weekly, HCPro, Inc
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