SHM VIDEO: Provider continuity, workload reduction improves patient throughput

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.– Clogs in patient throughput often are caused by top-heavy workloads, poor staffing models, and unbalanced patient to provider ratios, said Dr. Dean Dalili, vice president for medical affairs at Hospital Physician Partners, a practice management company based in Hollywood, Fla.

Hospitalists can manage such patient flow challenges by analyzing staff capacity and developing creative approaches to patient demand, Dr. Dalili said at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

In this video, Dr. Dalili shares common reasons for patient throughput holdups and strategies that hospitalists and other doctors can employ to alleviate the problems. He also discusses how physician documentation can affect payment, performance and length of stay.

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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.– Clogs in patient throughput often are caused by top-heavy workloads, poor staffing models, and unbalanced patient to provider ratios, said Dr. Dean Dalili, vice president for medical affairs at Hospital Physician Partners, a practice management company based in Hollywood, Fla.

Hospitalists can manage such patient flow challenges by analyzing staff capacity and developing creative approaches to patient demand, Dr. Dalili said at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

In this video, Dr. Dalili shares common reasons for patient throughput holdups and strategies that hospitalists and other doctors can employ to alleviate the problems. He also discusses how physician documentation can affect payment, performance and length of stay.

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On Twitter @legal_med

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD.– Clogs in patient throughput often are caused by top-heavy workloads, poor staffing models, and unbalanced patient to provider ratios, said Dr. Dean Dalili, vice president for medical affairs at Hospital Physician Partners, a practice management company based in Hollywood, Fla.

Hospitalists can manage such patient flow challenges by analyzing staff capacity and developing creative approaches to patient demand, Dr. Dalili said at the annual meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine.

In this video, Dr. Dalili shares common reasons for patient throughput holdups and strategies that hospitalists and other doctors can employ to alleviate the problems. He also discusses how physician documentation can affect payment, performance and length of stay.

[email protected]

On Twitter @legal_med