The healthcare reform law has created an impetus for hospitals to improve efficiencies, squeezing as much waste out of their processes as possible, while improving quality. As part of the Patient ...

Carilion Clinic has managed its stretched hospital bed capacity with a command center and post-acute referral hub. Carilion Clinic has mastered the intricacies of operating a command center and ...

Appointment schedules should reflect physicians' work style and patient demands. One of the major mistakes many physicians make is thinking patient flow problems happen because of major time-consuming ...

1. Ask every department to participate in promoting efficiency. Patient flow can be disrupted when separate departments and providers do not talk about the hold-ups in each area, Dr. Noonan says. “You ...

AI-driven patient flow technology is transforming healthcare by streamlining patient journeys and reducing length of stay (LOS) in hospitals. These tools facilitate visibility to real-time insights, ...

UnityAI, a Nashville-based healthcare technology startup, secured $4 million in seed capital to scale up its care orchestration technology that's designed to improve patient flow in a hospital setting ...

Outpatient oncology clinics face substantial challenges in coordinating high volumes of treatments with limited resources. The optimisation of patient flow and appointment scheduling is critical to ...

It may not match the scale of the exodus of nurses from the healthcare workforce, but a growing shortage of physicians is no less of a threat to patient care. A recent survey found that one in five ...

Integration of Petal Health’s patient flow solution into Shoppers Drug Mart’s pharmacy network will make it easier for Canadians to access timely care from trained pharmacists.

Anyone who is not in the medical profession and who has wandered into an emergency room may be baffled by the hours of waiting and the mysterious process by which nurses and doctors move patients ...

“First, do no harm” is a core healthcare principle attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician who is considered by many to be the “father” of modern medicine. But as the demand for ...