Hospital Patient Flow Experts Present Efficiency and Patient Care Strategies at Upcoming Conference
Salt Lake City, UT (PRWEB) March 31, 2014 -- Speakers have been announced for the 2014 Patient Flow Summit taking place May 12-15 in Las Vegas. Presenters from leading hospitals and healthcare policy organizations will explain best practices to increase hospital throughput, improve patient care, and enhance business efficiency within the context of changing healthcare dynamics and new reforms.
The Patient Flow Summit brings healthcare leaders together to share practices that improve operational efficiencies. Attendees discuss topics such as: hospital capacity management, care coordination, on-time discharges, ED flow, LOS optimization, variability management, readmission reduction, and patient access/transfer practices.
“Attendees come back year-after-year because of the peer collaboration activities and the opportunity to talk one-on-one with healthcare thought leaders,” said Derek Hays, Patient Flow Summit, Executive Director. “We had a jump in interest for the Summit this year because changes in healthcare make patient flow more important. To remain sustainable, hospitals need to streamline their processes.”
Featured speakers and topics include: Susan Dentzer, Robert Wood Johnson, Patient Flow Meets Healthcare Reform; Roger Resar, IHI, Reliability in Patient Flow Process Design; Christy Dempsey, Press Ganey, The Patient-Centered Patient Flow Continuum; Kirk Jensen, BestPractices Inc., Securing Physician Buy-In; and Lisa Romano, Skylight Healthcare, Patient Engagement and Discharge Planning.
Additionally, attendees will hear best practices from peers at other innovative hospitals such as UPMC, Temple University Hospital, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Henry Ford Hospital, Presbyterian Healthcare, Sidra Medical (Qatar), Bayhealth Medical Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Sturdy Memorial, and Baptist Health South Florida.
About the Patient Flow Summit
In its 7th year, the Patient Flow Summit is an annual conference where healthcare leaders and like-minded technology vendors come together to discuss hospital operational efficiency. Attendees represent hospitals from across the United States as well as international locations. Exhibitors and sponsors this year include: Central Logic, Stanley Healthcare, Skylight Healthcare, MEDHOST, ProModel, and WordSystems. Central Logic (a patient flow software vendor) is the founding sponsor of the event. You can find more information about the 2014 Summit at patientflowsummit.com.
Derek Hays, Central Logic, http://www.centrallogic.com, +1 801-727-2343, [email protected]
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