title: "Yes board" facilitates rapid sharing of key data, trims LOS in the ED by 40 minutes.
abstract: A practicing emergency medicine physician who is also a computer engineer has helped Mayo Clinic sites in Rochester, MN, and Phoenix, AZ, develop a web-based ED monitoring system that is responsive to the needs of clinicians. Data suggest that the innovation, called a Yes Board, has sliced LOS by as much as 40 minutes, and it is constantly being tweaked with changes and new functionality. Data flows automatically into the Yes Board from as many as 15 different data systems the hospital is already using. The Yes Board conveys the status of tests and procedures, clinical results, vital sign information, and where patients are in the admissions or discharge process.
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D007902:Length of Stay; D014584:User-Computer Interface