As your hospital grows and more patients seek care at your facility, managing patient placement and maximizing your capacity for care becomes a higher priority. One way to ensure patients can remain in your hospital for as long as they need to, without having a space crisis, is to use data and predictive analytics.
Looking at past data can be helpful when trying to predict how many patients may soon be coming through your hospital, particularly in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit (ICU), suggests Healthcare IT News. You can also combine current data sources and streams into one easy-to-access system.
