[MT-L] Inpatient Scheduling
Mogavero, Joe
We are a 500 Bed Level 1 Trauma center looking to coordinate hospital
wide Inpatient Scheduling. We've have identified a few major challenges
and are interested in knowing if a comparable hospital in the Meditech
community has had success scheduling their Inpatient care via the CWS
and OR-SCH modules. Our biggest challenges are:
1) Incorporating the ability to handle emergency cases. We see
roughly 70,000 Emergency visits a year. 80% of our inpatient visits
come from the ER. In light of this, we have identified emergency cases
as a challenge for success.
2) Identifying the level of expertise required for a team of
schedulers is another area of concern. We are looking to see how
critical it is for a scheduler to understand the technical end of
inpatient procedures such as MRI's Echos and EKG's.
Joe Mogavero
Joseph N. Mogavero
Clinical Systems Analyst
Erie County Medical Center Corp.
462 Grider Street, Buffalo NY 14215, LG-36
V: 716.898.4717
F: 716.898.3080
jmog...@ecmc.edu <mailto:jmog...@ecmc.edu>
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vida musielak
I was very excited when I saw the subject line of your email. I, too am
working on this. Only I have been getting negative feedback in some areas.
I think scheduling inpatients would be a perfect solution to PT THROUGHPUT,
and coordination of services. But, at our institution right now, it's almost
like a "new invention" this CS module.
I am, however, confident, that we can implement this sometime in the future,
since we have a lot of smart people that work here!
As for your question about how much info a scheduler needs to know for some
areas, MRI, EMG, etc.
One way around this is what I did for my Nuclear Medicine Department, I just
created a GENERIC test, so the scheduler can simply "reserve the slot". And
certain CDS would prevent the wrong exam going to the slots.
Although I cannot offer you any suggestions at the moment, I would very much
be interested to see how you accomplish this! Please keep me informed.
Thanks!!!
Vida B. Musielak, RT(R)(M)
Diagnostic Imaging Resource Co-ordinator
Little Company of Mary Hospital
2800 West 95th Street
Evergreen Park, IL 60805
708-229-5413
vmus...@LCMH.org