MedCity News April 28, 2024
As patient volumes rise and resources remain strained, effective communication strategies are no longer optional; they’re essential.
No one enjoys being in the hospital. They want to go home as soon as possible. In fact, the hospital actually wants patients to go home too – or to whatever the next step in care is for their situation – as soon as possible. Leaving helps patient recoveries, and it also helps the hospital’s financial health to move patients through the system as efficiently as possible, from admission to discharge. Collaboration among caregivers, administration and support staff is the only way for patients to move through that system efficiently.
Unfortunately, that smooth process seldom happens. Healthcare faces a critical bottleneck: “bed blocking.”...
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