LOS

High LOS has been tied to higher mortality rates

Freeing up beds allows hospitals to treat more patients. Inflation has led to higher costs for hospitals, which are searching for new ways to increase their bottom lines. Reducing Length of Stays in Hospitals Hospitals can reap many benefits of decreasing patient length of stay in hospitals. The most efficient hospital will also be the most effective hospital. Embrace technology to improve your LOS by streamlining clinical workflow throughout your facility. For example: asset management – patients should never have to wait while staff search for equipment, automate PAR-level management to ensure equipment distribution is optimized nurse call automation – enhance staff efficiency by automating call cancellations, time stamp staff presence, facilitate staff rounding (proven to reduce number of patient falls)

hand hygiene compliance – reduce HAIs by increasing hand washing compliance to keep patients safe patient workflow – automatically record and analyze operational data and document patient milestones Improving the Patient Discharge Process IRVSAM Home Health Care also has a patient tracking system that can help shorten the patient discharge process and decrease the wait time for other patients in need of a room so they can receive the appropriate care. It can take hours between when a hospital discharges a patient and when the computer system notes their bed has become open. In that time, many people may be awaiting care, which puts off treatment and decreases patient satisfaction. Our Real-Time Location System for hospitals can tackle this problem. By tracking patients’ locations in real time and automating discharge notifications, it eliminates the gap between when a patient leaves the hospital and when they exit the system.