title: SSM slashes LOS almost 2 days in just 2 weeks.
abstract: Case management is promoted as a service to physicians. Inflated costs and poor patient flow stir management to action. Two internal teams meet daily to discuss length-of-stay triggers.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D019090:Case Management; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008923:Missouri; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000458:organization & administration