BC Advantage - 2007 Issue 5

Enhancing the patient throughput process - The challenge continues

Our industry has been struggling with decreased inpatient capacity for a number of years. With varying degrees of success, many hospitals have addressed fluctuations in census demands and Emergency Department (ED) access. According to the latest American Hospital Association (AHA) studies, opportunities for Patient Throughput improvement continue to exist and, although those studies were conducted in 2005, there is every reason to believe the same is true today. This would suggest that just like the Revenue Cycle itself, managing Patient Throughput is worthy of dedicated resources charged with continually improving the management of patient volume demands. According to the...

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