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110-Bed Texas Hospital Refines Processes, Reduces Average Bed Turnover to 50 Minutes in Six Months

Steve Jourdan - Nov 19, 2013 12:51:00 PM

Utilizing BedWatch BedWatch® Bed Control, Transport Control, and Patient Transport Services, this 110-bed Texas hospital has successfully re-evaluated and revamped throughput and discharge processes, and front-line team members have helped drive average bed turnover rates down by more than 15% in the first six months, from 61 minutes per turnover at Implementation in May 2013, to just 50 minutes in October.

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- Transport Control Results- Bed Control Results- Patient Transport Services Results- Texas Hospital

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260+ Bed New Mexico Hospital Reduces Average Bed Turnover by 25% in Two Years

Steve Jourdan - Oct 16, 2013 6:13:00 PM

When this New Mexico medical center implemented BedWatch® Bed Control in June 2011, the average bed turnover time for the 260+ bed facility, which serves more than 300,000 area residents, was 85 minutes. Over the next year, they drove that number down to 75 minutes. As of Q3 2013, the year-to-date average bed turnover time is just 65 minutes.

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- 260-Bed Hospital- Reducing Bed Turnover- Bed Control Results

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400-Bed Mississippi Hospital Group Reduces Avg. Patient Transport Completion Time by 20%

Steve Jourdan - Sep 24, 2013 12:56:00 PM

Using BedWatch® Transport Control, the transport staff at this 400-bed two-hospital system in Mississippi has successfully reduced average transport completion times (from the time the transport request is entered to the time the transport is completed) from 20 minutes in April, when the system was implemented, to just 16 minutes in August.

Topics: Results- Transport Control Results- 250-Bed Hospital- Reducing Average Transport Completion Time

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350-Bed Texas Hospital Reduces Avg. Bed Turnover by 25% in First 30 Days

Steve Jourdan - Aug 6, 2013 9:30:00 AM

This 350-bed Texas hospital was able to drive bed turnover rates down by 25% within the first 30 days of implementing BedWatch Bed Control in November 2012. When the system was implemented, the hospital was averaging 87 minutes per bed turnover. By December, they had reduced the average bed turnover time to just 65 minutes, and they have maintained the improvement with only slight variation every month since. 

Topics: Results- Bed Turnover Improvement- 350 Bed Hospital- Texas Hospital- Reducing Turnover

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300-Bed Florida Hospital Drives Average LWBS Rate Down to 1.1%

Steve Jourdan - Jul 2, 2013 7:41:00 AM

Since implementing BedWatch Bed Control in Q4 2012, this 300-bed Florida hospital has reduced average Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) rates by 40%, from an average of 2% in Q1 2012 to an average of 1.1% Q2 2013, despite rising ADC and Daily ED visits.

Topics: Results- 300 Bed Hospital- ED Improvement- LWBS Improvement- Florida Hospital- Bed Control Results

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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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300-Bed Florida Hospital Meets ED Admission Time Goals in First 60 Days

Steve Jourdan - Feb 11, 2013 3:23:00 PM

In late 2011, administrators at this 300-bed hospital in Central Florida established the goal of ensuring all patients admitted through the Emergency Department be triaged, assessed, evaluated, and ready for a bed assignment in less than three hours. Over the course of 2012, hospital staff worked to accomplish this goal, with an average of 78.2% of patients meeting the goal during the first three quarters.

Topics: Results- 300 Bed Hospital- Reducing ED Hold Times- Florida Hospital- Bed Control Results

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100-Bed Florida Hospital Reduces Average Bed Turnover Times by 31% in First Year

Steve Jourdan - Jan 15, 2013 3:41:00 PM

This Florida hospital — a BedWatch partner since Nov. 2011 — achieved a 31% reduction in average bed turnover within the first year of implementing BedWatch Bed Control in the 100-bed facility. The hospital team was able to shorten average bed turnover rates by a full 38 minutes, dropping from 124 minutes in November 2011 to just 86 minutes in November 2012. 

Topics: Results- Florida Hospital- 100 Bed Hospital- Avg. Bed Turnover Improvement- Bed Turnover

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