title: Improving bed turnover time with a bed management system.
abstract: Efficient patient throughput requires a high degree of coordination and communication. Opportunities abound to improve the patient experience by eliminating waste from the process and improving communication among the multiple disciplines involved in facilitating patient flow. In this article, we demonstrate how an interdisciplinary team at a large tertiary cancer center implemented an electronic bed management system to improve the bed turnover component of the patient throughput process.
authors.affiliation: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. ftortor@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tortorella
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ukanowicz
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Douglas-Ntagha
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Triller
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010362:Patients' Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D058996:Quality Improvement; D013781:Texas; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000458:organization & administration