MDsyncNET Posts, Articles & News
Calling the wrong on-call physician triggers a domino effect that negatively impacts physician and staff morale, patient safety, and your organization’s bottom line. MDsyncNET has developed an infographic that outlines the ways that contacting the wrong on-call physician hurt hospital revenue. When physician schedules are constructed using spreadsheets or pen-and-paper, the system is designed to […]
Albert Einstein famously said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” A strategic plan forms the foundation of success for any healthcare organization. That strategic plan includes goals, objectives, metrics, and key performance indicators. All too often, though, revenue goals or expense cutbacks fail to materialize. Why? Because workflow […]
While the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on every person living on Planet Earth, none have felt the impact more keenly than frontline healthcare workers. A year into the pandemic, The Guardian reported that more than 3,600 U.S. healthcare workers had lost their lives to the novel coronavirus. More than half were younger than […]
Physician scheduling is more than administrative. Scheduling efficiencies improve your hospital’s bottom line, while poor processes rob you of revenue. MDsyncNET has developed an infographic to highlight four ways that poor physician scheduling practices undercut hospital revenue: When a surgeon cancellation isn’t communicated in a timely manner, the resulting empty operating room can result in […]
If your healthcare organization experiences patient leakage, one of the culprits may be transfer delays. MDsyncNET has developed an infographic to highlight four factors that cause transfer delays and contribute to patient leakage: Lack of processing standards Communication challenges Multiple phone calls to find the right physician Delayed admission approval How to help plug the […]
Hospitals recognize that patient leakage is a problem that negatively impacts their bottom lines. Fully 43 percent of administrators estimate that leakage results in a loss of more than 10 percent of annual revenue. Close to one in ten hospital executives – 87 percent – are prioritizing plugging those leaks, yet don’t always have the […]
COVID-19 has turned the perennial drip-drip-drip of patient leakage into a geyser of lost revenue. Across the country, elective and preventative care procedures have plummeted, as has the typical volume of non-COVID emergent care. The result? Hospitals and health systems are on pace to log unprecedented revenue losses in 2020. Patient leakage has taken on […]
If your emergency department is constructing physician schedules using spreadsheets or pen-and-paper, then it may be exhibiting four symptoms of a failing ED scheduling system. MDsyncNET has developed an infographic to highlight the four symptoms of a failing emergency department scheduling system: Increased patient wait times Surging physician frustration Inefficient switchboard Emergency department overcrowding The […]
The COVID pandemic has been a roller coaster ride for emergency departments around the U.S. – and likely around the world. They have moved from virtually empty emergency department bays, to packed-to-the-rafters boarding areas for patients awaiting transfer to hospital and ICU rooms, and back again. These days, the atmosphere of any given emergency department […]
Every day brings new, heartbreaking evidence of the ways that COVID-19 is testing the U.S. healthcare delivery system. While frontline healthcare workers are performing heroically under intense pressure, those responsible for scheduling healthcare workers are also feeling the squeeze. It’s essential to provide schedulers with the tools they need to adapt to the rapidly COVID-19 […]
