Managing patient flow in hospitals : strategies and solutions

摘要: Efficient management of patient flow has become an urgent issue for most hospitals. Emergency department crowding, nurse staffing shortages, and outcomes, complication rates, even mortality rates have all been linked to shortages hospital beds associated stresses on staff when volume peaks. To compound the problem inefficiencies variability in flow, health care systems now face strenuous economic challenges not previously experienced. "Managing Patient Flow Hospitals: Strategies Solutions, Second Edition" provides hospitals with scientifically grounded methods optimally manage serves as indispensable guide effective operations management. Special features this title include: detailed case studies that illustrate how three organizations successfully improved eased crowding; authoritative state-of-the-art tutorials help you to: understand problems management; assess quantitative impact issues patients staff; assess, measure, evaluate flow; use enhance apply strategies improve efficiency safety; and, sustain improvements ongoing basis. This book will executives; chief operating officers; financial board members; medical physicians, nurses, other clinicians; quality, process improvement, productivity managers; emergency department, surgery, critical care, nursing professionals learn master theory practice flow.