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Intelligent Hospital Bed Maps
Intelligent Hospital Bed Maps (IHBM) is an add-on module that works with existent Hospital Information Systems and enables graphical mapping of the entire bed inventory through physical campus>building>floor>area layouts. IHBM helps improve bed utilization and turnaround with proactive monitoring and management.
Optimized utilization of existent bed inventory is dictated by nationwide trends including:
- Lack of bed supply
- Increasing admissions
- Increasing diversions
- Complexity of certification process to add beds
- Long and increasing admin times
Enterprise, Regional, and Facility House Supervisors (dispatchers) as well as nursing units, EVS, and Transportation can conveniently view and communicate bed statuses and related tasks at ANY level throughout the entire departmental and physical hospital enterprise structure. “Blue Print” navigation is intuitive and easy to use, even for new customers.
IHBM helps address critical issues, such as:
- Lack of accountability
- Inefficient staff communications
- Poor visibility and “hidden” beds
- Subjective decision making
- Sub-optimal processes
- Inaccurate demand assessment
IHBM integrates with hospital ADT systems and existent hospital infrastructure and supports the utilization of cost-effective, Wi-Fi enabled devices to communicate statuses and tasks in real-time. The Intelligent Optimization Engine allows establishing, controlling, and improving service measurements, thus contributing to bed turnaround optimization and maximized utilization.
Intelligent Optimization functions include:
- Automated task assignments
- Assign to available
- Assign to closest
- Assign to completing first
- Alert of patient needs
- Alert of delays
- Reassign in case of delays
IHBM Kiosks are used for service status reporting and designed for “5th grade” users. Kiosks can be used on multiple platforms including wired and wireless workstations and PDAs.
IHBM key benefits include:
- Provide accountability
- Accelerate discharge bed turnaround
- Increase Patient Throughput
- Increase Service Capacity
- Decrease Assignment Time to Clean Beds
- Reduce # of Phone Calls & Call Time
- Reduce FTE
- Reduce Hours on Diversion
- Reduce Response to Clean Rooms
- Reduce ALOS
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