Hospitals have incorporated Lean process
improvements that help reduce length of stay, but they do not have
the tools or technology to sustain the patient throughput
improvements.
"StatCom is loved by nursing for its visibility
into EVS and transport and for visibility into discharges. It has
dramatically decreased transport related phone calls."
- CIO of large teaching hospital
StatCom Order Logistics, which provides additional
functionality in StatCom's Hospital Operating SystemTM
solution, effectively solves hospital patient throughput challenges
by providing immediate access to the status of tasks
system-wide.
All users in the enterprise can view the status of all
patient orders and clinical milestones simultaneously through
StatCom's patient management software. StatCom Order Logistics
enhances patient care coordination and efficient throughput. It
includes alerts, notifications and prioritized order queues which
enable all patients to flow at optimal rates and significantly
improves operating margins.
Every department has immediate access to the status of
tasks for each patient provided through phase-of-care milestones,
seamless order entry, and results interfaces. Enterprise-wide
visibility of prioritized orders by service area, intended service
times, and procedure preparation requirements ensures that everyone
is on the same page at the same time.
StatCom Order Logistics patient tracking software
provides immediate access to the status of tasks

- Diagnostic & Therapeutic - Each department
has a StatCom display of inpatient orders prioritized by the way
each service area operates. Orders update automatically throughout
the day.
- Care Providers - Nursing can
review the patient's schedule and pre-procedure requirements
through the patient management software and notify service areas of
any conflicts without phone calls. Nursing also has clear
visibility to transport needs such as availability of a nurse
transporter and/or current transport volumes so they can determine
when a self-transport is necessary.
- Physicians - Patient
throughput is optimized with physicians using sorted rounding
reports targeted at reducing length of stay and improving physician
efficiency while in-house. Comprehensive status information such as
hospital census is provided to engage physicians to facilitate
transfers and discharges.
- Case Managers - Case Managers
can target discharge times by predicting the length of stay
starting at the admissions milestone. Milestone status, estimated
patient schedules, and electronic service area boards all work
together to ensure patients with potential discharge delays are
immediately visible and manageable.