The CareAware Capacity Management® suite of solutions is designed to help improve patient throughput and quality of care by managing patient capacity, flow and diversion rates.
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CareAware Capacity Management Solutions
Finding a balance between capacity and demand is challenging in any healthcare environment. CareAware Capacity Management solutions provide transparency and alignment of assets (staff, patients and equipment) at the right time and right place to improve patient throughput, efficiency, productivity and outcomes.
The CareAware Capacity Management suite of solutions helps solve patient flow bottlenecks and communication breakdowns by automating bed management through the unification of people, processes and technologies.
Digital-unit whiteboard
CareAware CareView™ is a HIPAA-compliant digital unit-level whiteboard that helps improve communication. The product is designed to be used by the entire interdisciplinary team throughout the day and during rounds to address barriers to discharge and emphasize a patient-centered focus of care.
Location awareness
CareAware Tracking™ incorporates near real-time location data, allowing hospitals to track patients, staff and equipment across the enterprise with clinically relevant information. As a result, organizations can identify bottlenecks and redesign processes to optimize and streamline patient, staff and equipment workflows.
Patient flow
The ability to transfer patients from one bed to another seems like a simple task; however, communication barriers between units, transport teams and environmental services (EVS) can make this a complex undertaking. Ultimately, these breaks in process can extend patient wait times and slow bed turnover. CareAware Patient Flow™ helps improve patient throughput by optimizing bed management and automating job assignments for environmental services and patient transportation.
Transfer Center
To help alleviate the difficult nature of transferring patients, Cerner created CareAware Transfer Center℠. Designed to capture clinical information between venues, improve efficiency and reduce delays for patients, the CareAware Transfer Center helps streamline coordination between clinicians to efficiently, directly admit patients into a facility.
CareAware Capacity Management Resources
Capacity management overview video
Patient-centered strategies for managing capacity and patient throughput white paper.
CareAware Capacity Management® solution infographic
Rapid implementation helps Adventist Health manage capacity amid COVID-19 surges
Improving patient experience and workforce efficiency at Adventist Health
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Location awareness for patients, providers and equipment through real time location services (RTLS) tagging helps to quickly identify location of items and improve management of assets through sensory technology.
Transitions of care within acute care and post-acute venues is augmented with analytics, technology, care team alignment and broad visibility to data. Many Cerner solutions contribute to improved transitions of care processes, including care team tools such as digital unit dashboards, bed management system, APACHE™ Outcomes, newly optimized clinical workflows for discharge and most appropriate post-acute placement.