Bed Access Project helps ensure that beds are always available when needed
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hanks in part to the success of the Bed Access Project, our patients are flowing more easily through our health system and experiencing shorter stays in the hospital.
But, since the project’s January go-live date: n Acute inpatient LOS has dropped from 5.25 to 5.00 days. n Average daily weekday discharges before 2 p.m. have increased 14 percent.
“When one of our neighbors is sick, the right bed must be available at the right time, n Average daily boarding every time,” says Diane Bohner, hours have dropped 17 percent. M.D., FACP, and medical direc“Bed Access allows us to start tor, Utilization Management. treatment earlier,” says Initially, the project focused on Director of Patient Care care access and coordination Services Shirley Moran, RN, rather than on length of stay MS, NE-BC, Christiana Care (LOS). Department of Medicine.
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Ensuring that the right bed is available when it is needed is the goal of Christiana Care’s successful Bed Access Project, launched last September.