@inproceedings{017638f329b34adfaa6af8f91cf07a19,
title = "Hospital bed management practices: A review",
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.",
keywords = "Bed Management, Hospital Discharge Initiatives, Hospital Stay",
author = "Flannag{\'a}n Noonan and Jacinta O'Brien and Eilish Broderick and Ita Richardson and Joseph Walsh",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved.; 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2019 - Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019 ; Conference date: 22-02-2019 Through 24-02-2019",
year = "2019",
doi = "10.5220/0007387403260331",
language = "English",
series = "HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019",
publisher = "SciTePress",
pages = "326--331",
editor = "Roman Moucek and Ana Fred and Hugo Gamboa",
booktitle = "HEALTHINF 2019 - 12th International Conference on Health Informatics, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019",
}