Bed management how to do it intelligently?

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Having a good strategy for managing beds is essential. In this article, we will highlight the benefits of this process, how to do it and why it is relevant for hospital management.

What is bed management?
Bed management consists of a set of practices and processes designed to control bed occupancy and other spaces for patient care, whether elective or emergency.

The concept can also be called management of hospital access in the context of development and management of health and safety standards.

In addition to the organization of their own beds, management number library includes all the services necessary to receive the patient, such as the type of qualified professional, administrative procedures and the release of documents.

The process is so important because it involves bed management as an optimization device, which increases rotation based on technical criteria.

It is a complex system , which begins with patient triage, goes through admission and ends with release from the bed. And get started again.

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What is the objective of bed management?
The main objective of bed management is to guarantee optimization in the use of each bed. This means caring for patients with quality, while also focusing our efforts on accelerating treatment.

By finding the ideal operating balance, the hospital keeps the patient in a single bed for as long as necessary, guaranteeing efficiency and freeing up space in a more dynamic way.

Rotation increases demand coverage, reduces waiting times and makes hospital management more efficient as a whole.

How important is bed management for a hospital?
Having a good capacity to satisfy the demand for beds is a key factor in healthcare treatments.

The Covid-19 pandemic, which plagued the country for a considerable period, highlighted the signs of this problem: without adequate beds, I put the routine of hospitals on the slopes, and the most serious consequence is the loss of patients that cannot be served.

But bed management is important on the ground in catastrophe situations. The time a patient waits to be admitted to a hospital has a major repercussion on treatment, across various types of diagnosis.

Poor management can generate accidents, long wait times, poor service, lack of resources, delay in treatments and complications in the health status of patients.

What are the bases for good bed management?
Although it is a complicated process, there are fundamental pillars for good bed management that, if followed, can transform hospital management.

Qualified staff
The professionals who provide attention must be specialized and constantly updated in the best practices. Invest in a good hiring and professionalization of the team.

Data integration
Only with integrated data, managers can have a 360º view of the institution. This panorama is essential to evaluate the situation and determine the occupancy of beds, as well as the capacity to admit new patients.

Constant evaluation of indicators
Hospital performance indicators must be evaluated frequently - some of them in real time. The more precise and relevant the information is, the better the control over management will be.

Process organization
Processes must be very organized at all levels, with rigorously established standards. All areas must follow service steps and formalize processes through optimized flow and aligned with the demands of the hospital.

Management software
Finally, relying on automated management software makes the difference. This type of technology crosses data, evaluates indicators and warns about possible problems, improving the quality of the hospital.

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What processes form part of bed management?
So that you understand the complexity of bed management, we enumerate the continuation of the main processes of this strategy, which encompasses assistance from beginning to end.

Bed reservation and request : the hospital receives a notification about the need for a bed for a patient and must make the reservation - according to previously defined priority criteria.

Patient transfers and discharges : when a patient is transferred to another hospital unit, the bed is released. The same occurs in the case of discharge. It is important to follow this calendar to assess when the bed will be available.

Nurse request : the nurse must have good communication skills, both to identify free beds and to request space maintenance and availability for a new patient.

Cleaning and sanitization request : as soon as the bed is released, it must be cleaned completely, in accordance with the hospital's quality standards. The optimization of this service has a direct impact on patient care.

Bed inspection : a specialized team must inspect the place and evaluate the quality of the space, thus guaranteeing the best attention.

Maintenance tickets : in the system, those responsible can open bed maintenance tickets to avoid problems at the reception of new people.

What are the advantages of good bed management?
Only with good bed management, hospital management guarantees the following benefits:

Agile monitoring and need for available beds;
Cleaning and maintenance dynamics aligned with the hospital program;
Data centralization for intelligent access to information;
Cost reduction and better use of available resources
Humanization of assistance;
Reduction of waiting glues;
Greater quality in treatments;
Improvement of all indicators.
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The system transforms hospital administration, with tools for the entire patient journey. In addition to bed management, it integrates departments, improves communication with the public and provides a history of attention.

With an automated solution, managers obtain an integral view of the organization, which improves all processes and increases the hospital's capacity to save lives.