Patient flow or patient throughput has become a major concern for most hospital CEOs because their organizations are beginning to experience the real human and financial costs of not addressing the ...

Carilion Clinic has managed its stretched hospital bed capacity with a command center and post-acute referral hub. Carilion Clinic has mastered the intricacies of operating a command center and ...

The healthcare reform law has created an impetus for hospitals to improve efficiencies, squeezing as much waste out of their processes as possible, while improving quality. As part of the Patient ...

A large part of an ambulatory surgery center’s reputation hinges on efficiency. “Smooth patient flow is key to surgeon and patient satisfaction, both which are key performance indicators for an ASC,” ...

Traditionally, health systems have operated and behaved as unified entities in name only, with different hospitals and facilities within the same system working off of their own sets of key ...

NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Kontakt.io today introduced Patient Flow Agent, a patient flow orchestration solution that helps hospitals reduce length of stay, eliminate delays, unclog ...

Outpatient oncology clinics face substantial challenges in coordinating high volumes of treatments with limited resources. The optimisation of patient flow and appointment scheduling is critical to ...

This study assessed health care utilization and patient flow after a recent merger of community practices, a community hospital, and an academic medical center. Objectives: Hospital mergers and ...