5 strategies to transform access to care in 2016

As 2016 begins, one challenge healthcare systems face is providing effective, efficient access to care. Caregivers know what symptoms to look for when patients aren't feeling well, but what symptoms should we look for in the case of "patient access issues?" 

 TeleTracking recently outlined these symptoms as:

  • Long emergency deparment wait times / divert hours / excessive boarding times
  • Transfer admission declining and transfer declinations increasing
  • Request-to-admit times and Left Without Being Seen numbers on the rise
  • Chronic delays, hold times and schedule changes leading to decreases in physician and caregiver satisfaction
  • Decreasing HCAHPS scores
  • Existing capacity never seems to sync up with patient volumes; or, empty beds lead patients to other facilities

In order to combat them, here are the top five integrated strategies TeleTracking forsees using to transform access to care in 2016:

  • Working smarter at engaging and aligning community physicians
  • Centralizing patient placement, system-wide
  • Improving and streamlining access for under served populations
  • Improving staff utilization and satisfaction
  • Securing enterprise visibility for continual patient access transformation 

To learn more about how to implement these strategies, read the full article here.

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