Practical perspectives on patient flow, ED boarding, OR scheduling, and EHR integration for regional health systems.
ED boarding remains one of the most persistent throughput problems at regional hospitals. This post examines the operational levers and technology tools that health systems are using to reduce boarding hours and improve bed assignment response times.
Epic's ADT feed contains the real-time data that house supervisors need, but the system was built for billing workflows, not bed-assignment decisions. Here is what it takes to extract operational value from Epic ADT events.
PACU overflow is rarely a PACU problem. It is an OR scheduling problem that surfaces downstream. This post explains how giving the house supervisor visibility into the OR schedule reduces same-day PACU holds.
Most house supervisors still manage bed assignments from a printed census sheet or a spreadsheet. This post looks at what modern decision support tools actually need to provide to change that behavior.
The house supervisor is the central coordinator of hospital throughput, yet most technology investments bypass them entirely. This post examines the workflow gaps and what it would take to close them.
FHIR R4 has changed what is possible for real-time hospital data exchange, but most health systems are still using it for clinical documentation workflows rather than operational ones. This post covers what changes when you apply FHIR to throughput.
Teletracking is widely deployed for environmental services tracking in regional health systems. This post covers the technical and operational considerations for connecting a patient flow layer on top of the existing Teletracking infrastructure.
Shift handoff is consistently cited as a high-risk period for patient flow breakdowns. This post examines what census data incoming house supervisors actually need and how predictive tools can deliver it before the shift begins.
See how Mediflowly connects to your existing Epic and Cerner environment to give house supervisors the decision support they need.