EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
A patient database that uses emergency room data to optimally staff personnel working in an ER. It takes into account volume fluctuations and patient acuity to appropriately group populations, schedule needed human and medical resources, and track patients through an ER.
- Tracking of patient times: tracking of patient ED throughput times by patient type and acuity
- Tracking of ED processes: appropriate patient placement by patient type, staff mix in each area, bottleneck red flags
- Staffing by acuity level and time of day to accommodate census fluctuations in the Emergency Room
- Productivity reporting: reporting of patient times to each area,
turnaround times for radiology and laboratory procedures, productivity by
area
Managerial reporting: room staffing based on type– pediatric, trauma, high acuity, mid-acuity, low acuity, skill assessment of staff, and patient/staff/surgeon satisfaction