Reverse Bed Chain, a New Way to Tackle Hospital Inefficiencies

The following is a guest article by Connie Moser, CEO at Navenio The current NHS waiting list has hit 7.3 million in the UK, increasing monthly. A recent survey conducted by the NHS revealed only 21.3% of staff reported that there is enough headcount available for them to do their job properly and 44.8% admitted to witnessing errors, near misses, or incidents that could have hurt staff or patients. The same frustrations exist in the US healthcare system. In a letter sent in March to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the American Hospital Association called the workforce shortage hospitals were experiencing a “national emergency,” projecting the overall shortage of nurses to reach 1.1 million by the end of the year. And it’s not just nurses: Professionals from medical lab workers to paramedics are in short supply. Rising backups beginning in the emergency department have been described as the canary in the coal mine. Clearly, something must change. Short of a reversal of the global staffing shortage, hospitals and health systems must find ways to do more with less transforming workflows through efficiency and optimization as other industries have been driven to do. Healthcare has always been reactive by nature, but transforming healthcare processes, in a similar manner to successful manufacturing processes, while preserving quality care and patient relationships will take a big transition from reactive to proactive. One strategy involves reverse bed chain, a con...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Bed Chain Connie Moser Emergency Department Hospital Bed Management Hospital Inefficiencies Improving Capacity Navenio Source Type: blogs