Whilst the full benefits of our touch screen Visual Hospital (e-VH) may not be realised, many organisations both in the UK and mainland Europe are enjoying significant improvements in average Length of Stay (LoS) by employing our manual version. These improvements include reductions in medical patient LoS of up to 30% and over 40% for that of Trauma patients. The manual version of the Visual Hospital also provides a perfect platform in readiness for organisations wishing to introduce e-VH
Although reductions in the average LoS are important for upward reporting purposes, of greater significance (to us anyway) is that these reductions have been accompanied by vast reductions in the variation in LoS which means ‘stability’ a stable and predictable process.
The Visual Hospital process works by visualising patient demand for discharge and acting upon this demand. Whilst some of the more enlightened organisations can now provide patient ‘demand to get in’ from their Emergency Department or via GP referral our observation is that whilst they may know this demand to get in, they never really know their patient ‘demand to get out’, the demand for discharge. It simply cannot be seen.
Most organisations now freely admit that patient demand to get in is actually very predictable. Likewise, we can confirm that demand to get out is equally predictable by the day and by specialty.
It is absolutely normal that, at any given time between 25% and 35% of beds on wards are occupied by patients who are medically fit enough for a safe discharge or transfer to their next planned destination, but they are still occupying that bed, for numerous reason, now the wrong bed. This is the true demand to get out.
The aim of this ‘master class’ training session is to provide an organisation’s staff with the skills to set up and run the Visual Hospital.
Our one day session involves us attending your organisations’ site of your choice to train key staff in:
The collection of data
Visualisation of this data
Analysis of the data
The ‘closed loop’ assignment of actions to appropriate staff
Knowledge and skills transfer enabling self sufficiency in the process
The method for measuring LoS improvements realised
Creation of a plan to implement the Visual Hospital
If you organisation is interested in participating in this ‘master class’ training session please do not hesitate to contact us at: info@visualhealthcaresolutions.com
The ‘closed loop’ assignment of actions to appropriate staff
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The method for measuring LoS improvements realised
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