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New Admit Control Features Allow Hospital EDs to Track Patients Pending Discharge vs. Patients Pending Transfer to Surgery

Steve Jourdan - Aug 24, 2016 12:30:00 PM

BedWatch Admit Control users making bed requests within the Emergency Department (ED) now have the ability to indicate whether the patient in question will be discharged, or if he or she will be transferred to surgery, in order to help patient placement staff within the hospital better anticipate incoming patient volume from the ED.

Topics: Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- emergency department throughput- News- health IT- healthcare it- healthcare tech- healthcare technology- Bed Turnover- fixing patient throughput- patient placement- BedWatch Admit Control- BedWatch Features Update- BedWatch technology- ED management- emergency department patient flow

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“Bed Placements by Hour” Report Helps Hospital Patient Placement Teams Understand Real-Time Capacity Information

Steve Jourdan - Aug 10, 2016 8:50:00 AM

BedWatch Admit Control features a “Bed Placements by Hour” report, which allows all Admit Control users within a hospital or system to access accurate data around daily patient placement activity, hour by hour.

Topics: Bed Turnover Improvement- hospital throughput- Patient Flow- hospital patient throughput- Patient Flow Technology- Patient Flow Tools- News- health IT- health tech- healthcare technology- Bed Turnover- fixing patient throughput- hospital patient flow- BedWatch Admit Control- BedWatch technology- Hospital bed management- Reports

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BedWatch Brings Real-Time Visibility to Your Hospital: Pending Patient Moves

Steve Jourdan - Jul 27, 2016 1:11:00 PM

BedWatch provides increased visibility in a variety of ways. In this post, we’ll explore how BedWatch helps improve patient flow and hospital visibility into pending patient moves, including admissions, transfers, and discharges.

Topics: Bed Turnover Improvement- hospital throughput- Patient Flow- hospital flow- BedWatch Transport Control- Patient Flow Technology- News- healthcare it- Bed Turnover- fixing patient throughput- hospital patient flow- Patient Throughput Tools- BedWatch technology

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Patient Placement Staff Can Request Beds and Place Patients Using an iPhone

Steve Jourdan - Mar 9, 2016 10:55:00 AM

BedWatch Admit Control is fully mobile, like all BedWatch products, and allows users to access the full spectrum of tools using any Internet-capable device — even a smartphone.

Topics: Bed Turnover Improvement- Patient Flow- hospital flow- patient placement tools- News- health IT- healthcare tech- healthcare technology- Bed Turnover- fixing patient throughput- hospital patient flow- patient placement- BedWatch technology- patient wait times- Hospital bed management

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Expanded “Transports by Transporter” Report Simplifies Navigation & Increases Visibility

Steve Jourdan - Dec 2, 2015 11:43:00 AM

BedWatch Transport Control users now have access to an expanded “Transports by Transporter” report. The updated report allows for units to be expanded and collapsed for easier viewing. Notice the “Expand” buttons next to each patient transporter’s name, in the column on the left.

Topics: Bed Turnover Improvement- hospital throughput- Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- hospital patient transportation- patient throughput- BedWatch Transport Control- Patient Flow Technology- Patient Flow Tools- News- healthcare- patient transport- health IT- health tech- healthcare it- Bed Turnover- Patient Transport Tools- patient transportation- BedWatch technology- patient wait times

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160-Bed Pennsylvania Hospital Cuts Average Bed Turnover Time by 50% in First 30 Days

Steve Jourdan - Jul 27, 2015 1:01:00 AM

This 160-bed hospital in Pennsylvania brought BedWatch Bed Control on board in December 2014 to help address slow turnover times and a lack of bed visibility.

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- hospital throughput- Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- health IT- healthcare it- Bed Turnover- Bed Control Results- faster bed turnover- fixing patient throughput- hospital patient flow- mobile health- patient placement- Patient Throughput Tools

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New BedWatch Feature Summarizes Bed Status Info in Real Time

Steve Jourdan - Apr 8, 2015 9:43:00 AM

Screen Shot 2015-04-08 at 10.42.29 AMThe BedWatch Bed Control Bed Board now features a blue summary footer bar, which appears when a user scrolls down the Bed Board page, and provides real-time bed status information, including:

Topics: hospital throughput- patient throughput- hospital flow- mobile tech- News- health IT- health tech- Bed Turnover- mobile health- mHealth

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Proactively Manage Bed Turnover & Discharge Cleans with the BedWatch EVS Bed Board

Steve Jourdan - Dec 10, 2014 10:29:00 AM

The BedWatch EVS Bed Board provides EVS managers and other hospital leaders with a clear, current view of all beds that need discharge cleans or are in the process of being cleaned and turned over for the next patient.

Topics: hospital throughput- patient throughput- batching beds- bed turnover times- faster discharge cleans- faster patient placement- hospital evs- hospital evs management- hospital housekeeping- improving bed turnover- News- Bed Turnover- faster bed turnover- fixing patient throughput- Patient Throughput Tools- patient wait times- discharge clean- discharge cleans management

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300-Bed Louisiana Hospital Reduces Avg. Bed Turnover Time by 28% Despite Rising ADC

Steve Jourdan - Jun 25, 2013 3:16:00 PM

Since implementing BedWatch Bed Control in Q4 2010 and BedWatch Transport Control in Q4 2011, this 300+ bed hospital in Louisiana has continued to drive down turnover rates and achieve an annual average turnover improvement rate of 14%, dropping from an average of 87 minutes per turnover in 2011 to just 63 minutes, on average, so far in 2013.

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- Bed Turnover- Louisiana Hospital

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250-Bed Mississippi Hospital Reduces Bed Turnover by 38% After Replacing MEDITECH

Steve Jourdan - Mar 20, 2013 3:54:00 PM

After implementing BedWatch Bed Control in Q1 2012 to replace MEDITECH, this 250-bed Mississippi hospital has successfully reduced average bed turnover rates by 38%, from an average of 111 minutes in February 2012 to just 69 minutes in February 2013.

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- 250-Bed Hospital- Bed Turnover- Mississippi Hospital

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