Bed availability report: facilitating patient placement.
As hospital census rises, optimal bed utilization becomes increasingly important. The bed availability report was developed to provide relevant information about hospital-wide inpatient activity by arranging units into clinical groupings that reflect areas of high and low census. In addition to being used on a daily basis, the bed availability reports have been compiled to produce monthly graphs. These graphs help to identify trends and provide useful data when bed reallocations are being considered.
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Nursing and Patient Services, Shands Hospital, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. cohenla@shands.ufl.edu
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D000328:Adult; D001509:Bed Occupancy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D003625:Data Collection; D003628:Database Management Systems; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration; D015144:Southeastern United States