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Patient Flow Calculator

Hospitals that implement PatientFlow OptimizerSM typically experience a number of benefits including reduced wait times and shorter length of stay, improved throughput, fewer medical errors, and enhanced physician, nurse and patient satisfaction.To receive an estimate of some of the potential benefits that PatientFlow Optimizer can bring to your organization, please provide as much of the following data as possible. If exact values are not available, you may provide an estimate; or if data is not available, leave the field blank. All contact fields are required.

First Name: Last Name:
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Total number of ORs Total ORs being used currently.
Number of these ORs used exclusively for add-on (unscheduled) cases Include ORs that are used exclusively for add-on cases; if all ORs are used for both scheduled and add-ons then leave this field blank.
Annual number of surgeries Use most recent year.
Average duration of surgical case In minutes; measured as patient in to patient out.
Average OR turnover (room cleaning) time In minutes; measured as patient out to next patient in.
Number of prime time hours e.g., M-F 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. = 8 hrs
% of cases done during prime time Include all cases, scheduled and unscheduled.
% cases done after prime time Include all cases, scheduled and unscheduled.
Average OR utilization rate during prime time hours Described as a percentage. Look at actual patient in to patient out of the OR plus turnover time divided by the number of prime time hours.
Average OR nurse salary plus benefits (per hour) Benefits should be calculated as 30% of wages.
Average contribution margin per surgical case Do not include overhead costs.
Annual number of ED visits Total number of ED visits.
ED LWBS rate Percentage of patients who leave before medical screening examination.
Inpatient discharges Annual number of inpatient discharges.
Average contribution margin per ED visit Do not include overhead costs.
Average contribution margin per inpatient discharge Do not include overhead costs.




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