title: Getting care levels right from beginning to end.
abstract: To enhance management of admissions and length of stay, hospitals should: Review the processes that clinical decision technology will support, and revamp those processes as necessary. Create clearly defined processes. Identify a physician champion and support his/her effort to lead the change necessary for adoption of improvement processes. Collect data to evaluate the program. Encourage clinical collaboration.
authors.affiliation: Presbyterian Delivery System, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, USA. tpascuzzi@phs.org
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pascuzzi
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quenzer
mesh_terms: D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D009516:New Mexico; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000592:standards