Becker's Healthcare September 19, 2024
For Pooja Vyas, DO, the big question for hospitalists, case managers, social workers, dietitians, pharmacists and nurses is, “What is the reason the patient cannot go home today?”
Dr. Vyas, vice president and chief medical officer of St. Louis-based BJC Christian Hospital, said in a recent Becker’s podcast her organization is tackling length of stay through its Contemporary Care Model. Implemented last year, the model defines the individual roles between case managers and social workers.
This year, she said BJC Christian launched interdisciplinary rounds “to make sure everybody’s on the same page” about discharge plans.
These two efforts have led to a decrease in the hospital’s average length of stay, which went from 6.5 days to between 5.2 and...
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