Practical Automation of Hand-off Process
Background: Hand-offs are events in which control of – or responsibility for – a patient passes from one clinician or team to another and in which important information about the patient is also exchanged. These events take place when a patient is transferred from one location (ward) to another location and/or during a clinician shift … Read more
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- Hospital Efficiency
Hospital Efficiency Recently, I came across two articles: A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study: How Do Medical-Surgical Nurses Spend Their Time? [1] and The evolution of the pathway and its role in improving patient care [2]. The findings were interesting in terms of the application of methods, results and conclusions: Time and Motion is an … Read more
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- From Challenge to Solution – Take a Structured Approach
A Financial and Clinically Viable Business Case Background Healthcare providers – in both publically and privately funded systems – are increasingly challenged to continuously improve the productivity of their practices even as they spend more time by regulations to document and report on the care they deliver. The expectation is to effectively meet the often … Read more
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