Unclogging Patient Flow in the ED and Beyond

In an infographic published the HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association) offered the following tips on how to manage patient flow:

• Pre-arrival
• Reduce unnecessary volumes
• Avoid overcapacity/diversion
• Arrival
• Reduce wait times
• Enhance patient experience
• Triage
• Employ team-based, rapid assessment
• Segment patients for specialized care 
• Diagnostics/Procedures
• Synchronize/standardize steps
• Reduce hand offs/waste
• Bring care closer to patients
• Admission
• Commit to improving hospital wide flow
• Pull ED admissions
• Establish surge capacity tactics
• Discharge
• Avoid clogging ED with patients waiting to leave
• Prevent unnecessary future ED visits

To download the infographic, please click the following link: Unclogging Patient Flow in the ED and Beyond

For additional billing and coding resources, please click the following link: Medical Reimbursement Coding and Billing Resources