title: Enhancing patient flow in an acute care hospital: successful strategies at the Juravinski Hospital.
abstract: This article shares the experiences of one acute care hospital as it made a concerted effort through a corporate initiative to improve patient throughput and quality of care despite competing demands and constrained resources. Organizational structures and specialized resources were employed to collect, analyze and use data in order to improve flow and access to care. The successes and lessons learned from this corporate initiative are summarized and may provide useful insights.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Administration of Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), Hamilton, Ontario.
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Potvin
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metham
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sniekers
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009864:Ontario; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration