Category Archives: Workflow Analytics
How to Use Data to Decrease Nurse Burnout and Improve Patient Care
More than one-half of American physicians and one-third of nurses are experiencing symptoms of burnout, according to a 2018 article published in Cureus. That’s a problem because clinician burnout — which is characterized by emotional exhaustion, ...
Big Data – Trendy Buzzwords or the Future of Healthcare?
Artificial intelligence, data visualization, business intelligence, predictive analytics, machine learning – you’ve likely heard these words but been unsure as to their actual applications. These buzzwords are associated with big data, and they a...
How Technology Can Improve HCAHPS Scores
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems, also known as HCAHPS, is the first national, standardized survey of patient satisfaction in healthcare. HCAHPS is publicly reported which means patients can research hospitals and ...
3 Healthcare Trends That May Affect Your Bottom Line in 2020
Which trends will shape healthcare in 2020 and beyond? In the 2010s, the Affordable Care Act, telemedicine and an increasing emphasis on population-centered care shifted the way healthcare organizations provide services. To survive and provide top-no...
Organization Efficiencies with an IoT System
Using IoT to Measure Patient Interactions Many facilities have wondered about disparities between shifts. Are patients visited at the same rate at all hours of the day? Are certain days busier than others? This information has previously been unavail...
The Power of Individual Data
Individual hand hygiene performance within a hospital unit can vary widely. The Performance Bubble Plots™ below – including real data – show this. Each bubble represents a healthcare provider on a unit. The size of the bubble indicates the numb...
Are Your Sickest Patients Being Visited Regularly?
Typically, nurses try to visit each of their patients at least once an hour. This is important to ensure patients are getting the care they need, to reduce fall risks and pressure ulcers, etc. It’s logical to assume that clinicians would visit the ...
Reduce Shift Fatigue by Measuring Patient Interactions
Do you know how often the clinicians in your hospital visit the patients under their care? Does the frequency of their visits change throughout their shift? Until recently, it has been impossible to know when specific clinicians were visiting a parti...
Improve Patient Satisfaction by Measuring Clinical Visits
Do you know how often the clinicians in your hospital visit the patients under their care? Do individual nurses visit patients about the same number of times per shift? Does the day of the week matter? Or time of day? Until recently, it has been impo...
Making the Invisible Visible: Clinical Intervention Data
Healthcare organizations are struggling. The transition to value-based care is a financial challenge that has negatively impacted profits, and smaller hospitals are being acquired. Nurse/physician shortages and burnout are making it increasingly diff...