Tag: Patient Flow

Managing ED Overcrowding: Q&A With Sharp HealthCare’s Janet Hanley

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: January 30, 2020
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: ED overcrowding, hospital bed management, hospital bed placement, Patient Flow, patient throughput

In the United States, ED overcrowding is a major concern in most hospitals. Recent media reports highlight the perils and challenges of busy EDs, including “A Doctor’s Diary: The Overnight Shift in the E.R.” in last month’s New York Times. That article noted, “Americans visit the E.R. more than 140 million times a year – […]

Where Did All My Patients Go?

By: Samuel DePaz
Date: October 1, 2019
Category: Custom Services
Filed under: healthcare strategy, hospitals and health systems, outgoing services, Patient Flow, physician referrals, referrals, Revenue cycle, strategy

Hospitals are constantly trying to keep track of where patients in the region are being referred for care. Are they being referred to other organizations? What types of services are needed to fully serve the community? Through HBI’s Patient Flow solution, all these questions can be answered by leveraging real world data. Real world data […]

Top 5 Tips for Implementing a Patient Flow Management Solution

By: Vakhulaa Parthasarathy
Date: August 13, 2019
Category: Supply Chain
Filed under: environmental services, Patient Flow, Patient Logistics, Saas, Turnaround Times

Patient flow management solutions allow hospitals to effectively manage real-time patient transfers and bed logistics to improve care quality. The patient flow management solutions market is categorized into hardware, software, and services. U.S. healthcare providers prefer software solutions as they offer better integration capabilities with computers and mobile phones. Patient flow management products enable users […]