Case Management
The Oil that Makes the Hospital Engine More Efficient
We think of Case Management as efficiency catalysts. While the rest of the clinical team is focused on “getting things done”, an effective case manager makes sure that nothing is overlooked, including the detection and correction of incomplete tasks.
This isn’t the impression that most hospital executives have of case managers. That’s because many case management programs are not well-designed or managed.
Hospital leaders choose Compass Clinical Consulting because we are experienced and successful in helping them to achieve peak case management performance. Compass Clinical Consulting case management consultants prepare case managers to organize their time to be able to make a difference in day-to-day patient care. Case managers learn to help physicians care for hospitalized patients by facilitating decision-making and connecting people with information in a timely manner. All of this results in faster care and better hospital throughput.
Case Management program should deliver:
- Better use of observation admission status
- Length of stay reduction by shifting to outpatient or home care
- Reduced readmissions
- More appropriate use of higher acuity beds
- Capacity improvements without adding physical facilities
- Faster ER patient throughput because more beds will be available in nursing units
- Simplified and more efficient discharge planning
If your hospital has a throughput problem, your case management program can help solve the problem.
Call Cary Gutbezahl, MD, about our Case Management Consulting at (513) 241.0142.
