Administrators
Why Hospital Administrators Should Focus on Patient Flow
Your organization seems to always have an insatiable appetite for more resources; more beds, more MRIs, more operating rooms, more staff, and the list goes on. Every year you put yourself through a grueling budgeting exercise to do the best you can to address all the requests you receive from your providers and staff. And yet, you are never quite sure how to determine the adequate level of resources in your various departments. The science of operations management and the use of IHO Variability Methodology® services provide an array of tools to put you in the driver’s seat to hardwire performance excellence on various fronts.
Ellis M. Knight, MD, MBA; Senior Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Palmetto Health System, Columbia, SC
The Benefits
Operations management generally, and IHO Variability Methodology® services in particular, can help you to:
- Increase access by enhancing your ability to care for more patients
- Improve patient, staff, nurse, and physician satisfaction
- Decrease patient waiting times
- Decrease ED overcrowding and boarding
- Decrease day-to-day chaos
- Decrease overtime and waste, and
- Objectively plan your resource needs
- Strengthen your financial position
John Chessare, MD, MPH; Previously Chief Medical Officer at Boston Medical Center and Keith Lewis, MD, RPh; Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine(This video is an excerpt from Joint Commission Resources’ video about Managing Patient Flow)
Cost reduction through optimal patient Flow Variability Management Healthcare Cost Corner
Hospital costs can be decreased by millions of dollars annually by adopting the Institute for Healthcare Optimization’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery.
Case Study
See how Cincinnati Children’s Hospital increased annual revenue by $137M, and avoided $100M in cost, while improving quality of care.
Resources
Joint Commission Resources Book
The IHO’s approach to managing variability in healthcare delivery is the central theme of Joint Commission Resources’ new book.
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IOM Report: Transforming Health Care Scheduling and Access
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended IHO Variability Methodology as one of the six principles to address the compelling issue of access to healthcare.
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