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Building A Nerve Center For Patient Flow: Outcomes From A Comprehensive Integration Of Services At An Academic Medical Center, Paris B. Lovett
Building A Nerve Center For Patient Flow: Outcomes From A Comprehensive Integration Of Services At An Academic Medical Center, Paris B. Lovett
Paris B Lovett
Building a Nerve Center for Patient Flow: Outcomes from a Comprehensive Integration of Services at an Academic Medical Center
Paris B. Lovett, MD MBA, Brian E. Sweeney, RN, MBA, FACHE, Megan L. Johnston, , MHSA, Lewis J. DeEugenio Jr, MD, FACP, BSME, Holly Meisner, RN, BSN
Patient Flow Management Center. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals. Philadelphia, PA
Background: Improving patient flow metrics (inpatient length-of-stay (LOS), bed utilization, process cycle times and discharge efficiency) requires collaboration and coordination between multiple disciplines and departments within a hospital.
Objectives: To report outcomes from a comprehensive geographic and organizational integration of disciplines and services with …