A lack of guidelines and fragmented systems can impede success.
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Transfers without benefit
A receiving hospital's inability to offer any additional benefit is a common issue with transfers, according to research.
In his role as executive director for clinical operations with Pittsburgh-based TeleTracking, which develops automated patient flow systems, Scott Newton, DNP, RN, tracks what happens to transferred patients af…
Intermountain Healthcare eliminates delays by efficiently managing the path of patients across its hospitals and communities with TeleTracking’s operational platform.
PITTSBURGH – TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., a pioneer in operationalizing the care continuum for nearly three decades, is managing the path of patients across Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare’s hospitals and communities with its transfer center, patient placement and analytics solutions. The co-location of once siloed f…
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GREENFIELD — Baystate Franklin Medical Center President Ron Bryant says people shouldn’t take their local hospital for granted, because it makes daily strides to improve its care and is moving forward with work “outside the four walls of the hospital.”
Bryant spoke at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Series in the Cohn Family Dining Commons at Greenfield Community College Friday morning. The program this month was…
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Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation, part of UPMC, named Anita Dressel to its 48-member board of trustees.
Ms. Dressel is the chief financial and operating officer at Pittsburgh-based software company TeleTracking Technologies. The company provides patient flow solutions to the healthcare industry.Before becoming a top executive at TeleTracking, Ms. Dressel held several positions at Ericsson, a Swedish telecommunications company. During her nin…
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Day to day demands on nurses has changed fundamentally over the past decade – and not for the better. A decade ago, each ward received one consultant visit per day – and one decision regarding patient discharge. Bed management information was updated just once in any 24 hour period. Now, following the Safer Patient Flow Bundle Red2Green approach, patient status can change hourly and nurses are constantly fielding ques…
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Global economic and political turmoil and the climate change crisis may dominate headlines but arguably the biggest threat to global wellbeing is the state of our health care services. In his latest book, global healthcare leader Dr. Mark Britnell, cites a World Health Organisation estimate that by 2030 the world will be short of approximately 18 million health workers – a fifth of the workforce needed to keep healthcare syst…
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The Pittsburgh Business Times is proud to unveil the 2019 honorees in our annual CFO of the Year program.
Each year, the Business Times honors financial professionals in western Pennsylvania for outstanding performance as corporate financial stewards.
This year, there are 15 award winners, with Pat DeCourcy, CFO at Allegheny Technologies Inc., being honored with a Career Achievement award.
To see who's being honore…
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Improved centralization, integration, benefit patient experience.
As care delivery becomes more complex, health systems across the country are finding ways to effectively and efficiently coordinate patient care across the continuum. One of the main challenges they are seeking to address is reducing patient wait times. Kettering Health Network in Dayton, Ohio, which serves a population of 800,000, is one such organization…
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Last winter it was reported that bed occupancy was dangerously high at about 99% of capacity, raising calls for additional funding and support to address the knock-on effects of ‘bed-blocking’ on patient care, yet not much has changed which raises concerns as we draw closer to winter. While it is easy to point at patient experience and outcomes, there is a silent epidemic of waste created by poor management of the bed e…
Speakers include Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H. from Johns Hopkins Hospital, Mark Britnell, Global Chairman & Senior Partner, KPMG International, Will Brady, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; and the launch of a Care Traffic Control Certified™ program designed to foster collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
October 21, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA―TeleTracking, dedicated to ensuring no one waits for the care they need by providing solutions th…