From chaos to coordination: leveraging technology for efficient bed management in a large and complex healthcare system
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https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20252402Keywords:
Bed management, Hospital operations, Health care delivery, Healthcare technology, Operational excellenceAbstract
Background: Effective bed management is fundamental to hospital operations, significantly impacting patient care, resource utilization, and overall efficiency. AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad (India) accommodates 620 in-patient beds catering to more than 2,500 outpatients daily. The emergency department caters to over 70 visits each day and a 65% in-patient admission conversion rate. On average, the hospital handles 100 admissions and 100 internal transfer requests daily, maintaining a bed occupancy rate exceeding 75%. The Hospital tried handling through shared Excel sheets however bed management efficiency was a concern.
Methods: To solve the problem, the hospital decided to leverage modern technology with good user interface to undertake real-time bed management.
Results: This led to improvement in bed occupancy from 75% to 80%, increase in bed turnover rate by 11%, reduction in admission to arrival turnaround time (TAT) by 65% and improvement in net promoter score (NPS) by 14%. Average monthly admission went up by 12% on an average – converting to 323 additional admissions per month. The correlation for bed occupancy rate admission to arrival TAT and NPS was statistically significant.
Conclusions: This article explores this innovative solution that revolutionized bed management by leveraging real-time tracking, intelligent analytics, and improved communication. As healthcare demand grows, hospitals must adopt innovative solutions. This study demonstrates how integrating a web-based bed management system can transform hospital operations, optimize resource use, and improve care delivery-setting a new benchmark in hospital efficiency.
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