Improving Communication Efficiency for Faster Patient Throughput

Effective communication is the backbone of efficient patient care, especially in fast-paced environments like emergency departments. With outdated technologies contributing to unnecessary delays, enhancing communication efficiency is key to improving patient throughput. This newsletter explores how modern clinical communication platforms, like TigerConnect, are revolutionizing hospital workflows, enabling faster, more coordinated care, and ultimately leading to better patient outcomes.

Better Emergency Care, Faster: Clinical Workflows for Accelerating Patient Throughput?

Care delays in the emergency department are linked to higher rates of patients leaving without being seen, overcrowding, and increased morbidity. Many hospitals, still relying on outdated communication technologies, unintentionally cause avoidable delays in their workflows. By adopting clinical communication and collaboration technology, emergency departments can enhance patient throughput and streamline clinical workflows. This eBook illustrates the journey of a trauma patient through the ER, demonstrating how hospitals can improve patient flow and expedite critical emergency department processes, from trauma response integration with EMS to physician consultations, stat labs, radiology, and patient transfers.?

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Providence Saint John’s Health Center Improves Care Efficiency with Streamlined Communication?

Providence Saint John’s Health Center, part of part of the mission-driven Providence Group’s nationwide network of facilities, is a nationally renowned 256-bed hospital in Santa Monica, California. Leaders at Providence Saint John’s knew that improving care team communication with an asynchronous communication platform would improve hospital-wide efficiency and patient throughput.? ? ??

Providence Saint John’s adopted the TigerConnect Clinical Collaboration Platform and integrated it with their scheduling system, which allowed them to streamline communication across teams and departments with a secure, asynchronous, information-rich platform that was standard across the facility. Care delivery improved through faster response times, better case management, and more efficient workflows. With TigerConnect, Providence Saint John’s achieved a 20% reduction in average length of stay (ALOS).??

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Top 5 Strategies to Improve Patient Throughput?

Improving patient throughput in emergency departments is essential, as delays often result from outdated communication methods, leading to overcrowding and extended wait times. This blog outlines five strategies to enhance patient flow, emphasizing the importance of modern clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) platforms like TigerConnect. These platforms streamline workflows by enabling real-time, secure messaging among care teams, facilitating smoother care transitions, rapid notifications, and role-based messaging. By adopting such technologies, hospitals can reduce delays, improve patient outcomes, and optimize emergency department operations.?

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Improving communication efficiency is crucial for enhancing patient throughput and care quality. To see how TigerConnect can streamline your hospital’s workflows and boost patient outcomes, request a demo today.?