Is the ER solely responsible for boarders at your hospital? If so, #youredoingitwrong!
While patients with admission orders waiting to go upstairs are physically in the ER, the drivers of their delay has very little to do with the ER itself. The truth about boarders is that they are primarily driven by inefficient processes on the inpatient side, while the ER pays the price.
Read MoreAccording to the CDC, more than 1.5 million would-be ER patients leave without being seen each year in the US. Exacerbated by the pandemic, the Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) rate has skyrocketed, leading to significant lost revenue for hospitals who desperately need it to support staffing levels. Ensuring patients receive care when they need it is a critical part of supporting the communities we serve. Design a plan to keep both patients and finances healthy with proven ER best practices.
Read MoreThanks to technology, healthcare data is more accessible than ever. The Meaningful Use campaign, and the subsequent adoption of Electronic Health Records across the country contributed fields upon fields of new data to analyze.
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