Research on management measures to reduce the average length of stay in Beijing Youan Hospital
Objective To explore the effect of implementing average length of stay management in Beijing Youan Hospital,Capital Medical University.Methods Since January 2022,Beijing Youan Hospital,Capital Medical University has taken many measures to comprehensively control the average length of stay,such as establishing a centralized appointment platform,establishing an inpatient service center,real-time communication mechanism,actively carrying out daytime surgery and minimally invasive surgery,deepening the clinical pathway and single disease management,and optimizing the multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment mode.The data of the first page of medical records from January to December in 2021 and January to December in 2022 were compared,and the relevant data of the average length of stay of the entire hospital,key departments and the top 20 diseases were statistically analyzed.Results After taking multiple measures,the average length of stay,the average length of stay in key departments,and the average length of stay for the top 20 diseases in the entire hospital from January to December 2022 all decreased significantly compared to January to December 2021.The average length of stay in January to December 2022 decreased from 9.49 days to 8.50 days.Conclusion The optimized measures after multi-department linkage can effectively shorten the average length of stay.
Average length of stayManagement measuresInfectious diseaseMulti-department linkage