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Hospital bed management practices: a review

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2019
Abstract
This paper reviews current literature on the bed management role seeking to highlight developments most likely to increase efficiency. A reduction in the number of in-patient beds due in part to innovative surgical techniques is causing increased pressure on a very finite resource. This requires a greater emphasis on the bed management role and the wider hospital team. A number of studies are presented describing initiatives implemented to support bed management both operationally, procedurally and from a decision support approach. Finally, literature on people, process technology approaches in healthcare is presented, which could support a sustainable improvement in the role.
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SCITEPRESS
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Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2019) - HEALTHINF; pp. 326-331
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Computer Science & Information Systems
Lero - The Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software
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bed management, hospital stay, hospital discharge initiatives, Software engineering
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https://doi.org/10.34961/researchrepository-ul.25481596
 https://researchrepository.ul.ie/handle/10344/13534
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Sustainable Development Goals
(3) Good Health and Well-Being
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