How Best Practices Transform Patient Discharge

A little art and a lot of science.

One of the biggest challenges facing busy hospitals today is finding effective ways to manage capacity and improve throughput in order to care for more patients. Implementing efficient patient discharge processes aligned with TeleTracking best practices is one way to achieve success.

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This story can be found in the Spring 2018 Issue of TeleTracking’s Patient Flow Quarterly Magazine. Download the full issue.

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So often however, hospitals interpret discharge as getting the greatest number of patients out, as early as possible. Patient flow projects focused on “out by 11am” and “home by noon” continue to be very popular. However, the science of queuing theory and the utilization curve provides a new perspective on this concept.