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Drive Performance Improvement in Bed Turnover Processes with BedWatch “STAT Bed Turnover by Unit” Report

Steve Jourdan - Mar 25, 2015 9:16:00 AM

Not all bed turnover requests are created equally.

Topics: performance improvement- hospital throughput- Patient Flow- patient throughput- hospital flow- News- patient transport- patient satisfaction

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Many U.S. Hospitals Susceptible to Winter Weather Damage, Closures

Steve Jourdan - Jan 28, 2015 10:12:00 AM

weather-alertAs winter storms pummel the northeast, hospitals face the prospect of damage to dated infrastructure, or of surges in patient volume and ED cases due to the closings of clinics and doctors’ offices — both of which can significantly affect their ability to provide effective patient care.

Topics: Patient Flow- patient throughput- hospital closures- News- hospital damage- hospital operations- weather damage- winter storms

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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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Nurse Engagement Key to Successful Implementation of Performance Improvement Health Tech Tools

Steve Jourdan - Nov 19, 2014 10:34:00 AM

Cover image - resized and croppedNurse leaders are the front-line users who actively implement and utilize new healthcare tools; it is critical that these tools are designed and developed with the needs of those nurse users in mind, providing ease-of-use and automating inefficient process to reduce delays associated with time-consuming administrative tasks.

Topics: Patient Flow- patient throughput- News- health IT- healthcare tech- nurse cio- throughput- nurse tech- nurse technology- nurse technology specialist

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Building for Efficiency: New Hospitals Designed with a Focus on Patient Flow

Steve Jourdan - Oct 22, 2014 10:55:00 AM

As the U.S. healthcare market shifts from a pay-for-procedure model to one that focuses on overall population health, hospital leaders must optimize the way their hospitals operate on a daily basis, in order to provide the best possible patient experience while maximizing valuable – and increasingly limited – hospital resources.

Topics: Patient Flow- patient throughput- News- hospital patient flow- building hospitals of the future- hospital communication- hospital construction- hospital design- patient flow in hospitals

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BedWatch Features Update: Creating Temporary Units | Sept. 17, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Sep 17, 2014 11:15:00 AM

BedWatch Bed Control administrative users now have the ability to flag specific units within the hospital as “Temporary Units.” This ensures patient movements to and from these temporary units will not automatically trigger discharge clean requests to housekeeping.

Topics: hospital throughput- Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- patient throughput- hospital flow- Patient Flow Technology- Patient Flow Tools- News- Patient Throughput Tools- bedwatch- patient flow in hospitals

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BedWatch Features Update: Customizable Escalation Notifications

Steve Jourdan - Sep 3, 2014 10:49:00 AM

BedWatch Bed Control, BedWatch Transport Control, and BedWatch Admit Control feature customizable escalation notifications, which can be configured to meet the needs of each individual hospital partner, in order to minimize delays and ensure processes move forward as efficiently as possible.

Topics: Patient Flow- patient throughput- bed management- Patient Flow Technology- News- patient transport- hospital patient flow- patient placement- Hospital bed management

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BedWatch Features Update | Apr. 16, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Apr 16, 2014 9:50:00 AM

New Features

1. Transport Staff Patient Satisfaction Audit Now Available
Module Affected: Transport Control

Topics: hospital throughput- Patient Flow- patient throughput- hospital flow- News- patient transport- Patient Transport Tools- patient satisfaction- patient satisfaction with transport services- patient transport app- patient transport services

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BedWatch Features Update | March 19, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Mar 19, 2014 9:10:00 PM

New Features

BW ahead of ADT chart

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Topics: Patient Flow- patient throughput- News- Patient Throughput Tools- BedWatch Features Update- Bed Control Updates- Patient Throughput Updates- Hosptial throughput- New BedWatch Features- New Patient Throughput Features

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BedWatch Features Update | Feb. 19, 2014

Steve Jourdan - Feb 19, 2014 3:44:00 PM

New Features

1. Flexible & Customizable Time- & State-Based  Alerts
Modules Affected: Bed Control & Transport Control

Topics: Patient Flow- Patient Throughput Technology- patient throughput- Patient Flow Technology- Patient Flow Tools- News- Patient Throughput Tools- BedWatch technology- Throughput Technology- Bed Control Features Updates- Transport Control Features Updates

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