Healthcare information is everywhere. Insightful, strategic and current healthcare information is not. The Real Time HealthCare Podcast covers insights, analysis and strategies that can help healthcare providers increase capacity, quality and access. Learn more about GE HealthCare Command Centers at https://www.gehccommandcenter.com

As a rapidly growing health system serving a wide geographical and largely rural area, Deaconess needed a way to address capacity and access to care issues. After an extensive internal and external search, they recognized that the GE Healthcare Command Center platform was exactly what they needed. <br />
“When we found GE, we said, ‘This is really everything we have been asking for forever,’” said Dr. Phillip Adams, MD, MPH, Medical Director for DCARE. <br />
In this episode, Dr. Adams and Amy Kruger, BSN, RN, CCRN, Clinical Manager for DCARE, share how they made the business case for investing in their DCARE (Deaconess Coordinating and Advancing Resources for Excellence) command center. They also walk through some key initiatives that DCARE supports, including increasing the number of transfer patients served, launching a swing bed model, and offering specialty services in smaller hospitals. <br />
Discover how DCARE has helped Deaconess increase the number of transfer patients by 5.6 per day, allowing them to serve over 2000 additional patients annually. And, learn how the team is now expanding their focus beyond throughput and capacity to improve care quality. Learn more about GE HealthCare Command Centers at https://www.gehccommandcenter.com

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