Re-Engineering Inpatient Flow to Right-Size Hospital Capacity

Do You Experience any of these issues?

• Extensive ED boarding including overnight holds in the ED
• Many medical patients on surgical units, especially on weekends
• High or low occupancy medical or mixed med/surg unit(s)
• Hallway placement of medical inpatients
• Perceived bottleneck unit(s)
• Inconsistent admission / discharge criteria
• High readmission rates to particular units
• Excessively long length of stay particularly in higher levels of care

The benefits of Reengineering Inpatient Flow to Right-Size Hospital Capacity can include:

• Placement of patients in the optimal units
• Decreased waits and ED boarding
• Decreased inter-unit transfers
• Improved ED and inpatient unit staff satisfaction
• Potential decrease in ALOS
• Related quality improvements in decreased readmissions, decreased use of RRTs, decreased rate of HAIs and patient safety issues because patients are more likely to be placed in appropriate units

Results from organizations that have worked with IHO »

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