Workflow and Tech
This system is used to keep electronic patient records but often leads to redundancies due to dual documentation requirements
What is electronic medical records?
When a nurse cannot find medication in the PYXIS machine, they must request this department to send it up.
What is the pharmacy?
This essential piece of equipment, often in short supply, is used to administer fluids to patients.
What is an IV pump?
The nurse is the last person involved in the discharge process, which must be signed off by this many different team members.
What is 5 or 6?
This robot can help with transporting items within the hospital but lacks human urgency for critical tasks.
What is the Moxi robot?
This is the name of the software Multicare uses
What is EPIC?
Delays in patient care can affect their ___ with the hospital
What is satisfaction
This process improvement would allow all team members to quickly see the status of a patient’s discharge, reducing delays.
What is a shared discharge status chart?
Nurses face scheduling challenges due to this system, which uses a physical chart for shifts and PTO requests instead of an online solution.
What is the manual scheduling board?
The major departments of the hospital include pharmacy, nursing, labs, and _____
What is physicians?
The Just-In-Time Inventory strategy is useful for this reason
What is increases efficiency
Or
What is reduces waste
This is the form used to let patients go
What is a discharge form
This outdated system requires a nurse to print off patient information, despite it being documented digitally.
What is the paper copy backup system?
The pharmacy uses this system to send medication
What is the tube system?
Looking for resources could typically delay patient care up to this amount of time
What is 30 minutes?
Nurses come ____ in the steps to discharge a patient
What is last?
Name one task the Moxi robot is effective at doing and one task it struggles with.
What are delivering labs (effective) and handling urgent needs (struggles)?
The frequent need for nurses to communicate updates to multiple team members for each patient is due to this missing feature in EPIC.
What is a universal discharge or sign-off chart?
Resource _____ means allocating specific resources to meet a patient's care needs
What is Scheduling
Designated waiting area for patients ready to go home
What is a discharge lounge?