# Patient Flow * **Definition:** The movement of patients through the healthcare system, from admission to discharge, which needs to be optimized for better efficiency and outcomes. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / Patient Flow ## News * Selected news on the topic of **Patient Flow**, for healthcare technology leaders * 1.3K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/27/2025 | [**Get a Handle on Patient Flow at Your Hospitals - HealthLeaders Media**](https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/cmo/get-handle-patient-flow-your-hospitals) | [[HealthLeaders Media]] | | 5/16/2025 | [**Dr. Damanjeet Chaubey, Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Clover Health**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/podcasts/becker-s-payer-issues-podcast/dr-damanjeet-chaubey-vice-president-of-clinical-affairs-at-clover-health/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 4/22/2025 | [**Improving Interoperability Between Healthcare Providers and Systems to Enhance Care ...**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/04/22/improving-interoperability-between-healthcare-providers-and-systems-to-enhance-care-coordination-and-data-sharing/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 4/8/2025 | [**How Sarasota Memorial leveraged AI to redesign patient flow and increase capacity**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/innovation/how-sarasota-memorial-leveraged-ai-to-redesign-patient-flow-and-increase-capacity/) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/31/2025 | [**Readers Write: AI to the Rescue: Revolutionizing Efficiency in Healthcare Workflows**](https://histalk2.com/2025/03/31/readers-write-ai-to-the-rescue-revolutionizing-efficiency-in-healthcare-workflows/) | [[HISTalk]] | | 3/6/2025 | [**Providers must create smarter, more connected healthcare environments, tech CEO says**](https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/providers-must-create-smarter-more-connected-healthcare-environments-tech-ceo-says) | [[Healthcare IT News]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**Hospital patient volumes up (almost) everywhere**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospital-patient-volumes-up-almost-everywhere.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 3/4/2025 | [**2 health systems collaborate with Oracle Health on new features**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/ehrs/2-health-systems-collaborate-with-oracle-health-on-new-features.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 2/12/2025 | [**Kontakt.io Adds Rapid Room Turnover to Patient Flow Solution to Increase Hospital Capacity and Efficiency**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kontaktio-adds-rapid-room-turnover-to-patient-flow-solution-to-increase-hospital-capacity-and-efficiency-302374362.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 1/29/2025 | [**From Admission to Discharge: How AI Reduces Hospital Length of Stay - MedCity News**](https://medcitynews.com/2025/01/from-admission-to-discharge-how-ai-reduces-hospital-length-of-stay/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 1/24/2025 | [**Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Acute Care: Revolutionizing Healthcare Delivery**](https://blogs.perficient.com/2025/01/24/unleashing-the-power-of-generative-ai-in-acute-care-revolutionizing-healthcare-delivery/?) | [[Perficient Healthcare]] | | 12/21/2024 | [**Weekly Roundup - December 21, 2024 - Healthcare IT Today**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/12/21/weekly-roundup-december-21-2024/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 12/20/2024 | [**Future Market Revenue for Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Projected at 13.1AGR from ...**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-market-revenue-healthcare-artificial-intelligence-9ndyc) | [[Linkedin]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**Harnessing AI for Smarter Patient Flow - Healthcare IT Today**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2024/12/19/harnessing-ai-for-smarter-patient-flow/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 12/19/2024 | [**Has 2024 Been The Big Year For AI In Healthcare?**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2024/12/20/has-2024-been-the-big-year-for-ai-in-healthcare/) | [[Forbes]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**Hospitals face 'stable but shaky' 2025: 7 expectations from S&P**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/hospitals-face-stable-but-shaky-2025-7-expectations-from-s-p.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 12/13/2024 | [**What inclusive leadership means to this AdventHealth market CEO**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/what-inclusive-leadership-means-to-this-adventhealth-market-ceo.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/27/2024 | [**LeanTaaS Announces Eighth Consecutive Transform Hospital Operations Virtual Summit in ...**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/leantaas-announces-eighth-consecutive-transform-hospital-operations-virtual-summit-in-partnership-with-becker-s-healthcare.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 11/11/2024 | [**5 Hospital Stocks Set to Thrive Amid Robust Industry Trends - Yahoo Finance**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/5-hospital-stocks-set-thrive-170200996.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 10/9/2024 | [**Solving the Inpatient Flow Puzzle: Hospital Leaders Shed Light on Staffing and Discharge ...**](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-management-administration/solving-the-inpatient-flow-puzzle-hospital-leaders-shed-light-on-staffing-and-discharge-challenges-plus-ai-powered-solutions.html) | [[Beckers Hospital Review]] | | 9/27/2024 | [**How AI Can Help Hospitals Overcome Patient Flow Barriers**](https://medcitynews.com/2024/09/how-ai-can-help-hospitals-overcome-patient-flow-barriers/) | [[MedCity News]] | | 8/30/2024 | [**Patient Flow Management Solutions Market to Witness Robust Growth As Revealed In New Report**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/873642-patient-flow-management-solutions-market-to-witness-robust-growth-driven-by-rising-demand-for-efficient-healthcare-delivery.html) | whatech.com | | 8/21/2024 | [**Patient Flow Management Solutions Market Insights Discussed Regarding Estimated ... - WhaTech**](https://www.whatech.com/og/markets-research/medical/869629-patient-flow-management-solutions-market-estimated-growth-curve-trends-size-share-and-analysis-report-2024-2033.html) | whatech.com | | 7/10/2024 | [**Kontakt.io Launches Patient Flow Solution Featuring the World's Smallest Wearable Tag with Room-level Accuracy**](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kontaktio-launches-patient-flow-solution-featuring-the-worlds-smallest-wearable-tag-with-room-level-accuracy-302192684.html) | [[PR Newswire]] | | 5/11/2010 | [**TeleTracking Helps South Nassau Automate Patient Flow**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/teletracking-helps-south-nassau-automate-patient-flow) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **LeanTaaS**: Offers patient flow optimization technology to enhance intra-unit, outpatient, surgical, and emergency department flow. - **Strata Health Solutions**: A Canadian company specializing in patient flow solutions, facilitating over 800,000 patient transitions annually across multiple countries. - **ABOUT Healthcare**: Acquired Edgility and focuses on AI-driven patient flow models to improve healthcare solutions. - **TeleTracking Technologies**: Develops solutions for capacity management and patient flow optimization in healthcare settings. - **Qventus**: A patient flow automation startup that uses AI to optimize workflows and improve patient care efficiency. - **Kontakt.io**: A provider of IoT solutions, including the Patient Flow solution that enhances patient tracking and operational efficiency in healthcare settings. - **VitalHub**: A healthcare operations software provider that has acquired MedCurrent to enhance patient flow management. - **Navvis**: A healthcare technology company that launched a Patient Throughput and Capacity solution to optimize patient flow and improve efficiency in health systems. - **DocGo**: A provider of medical transportation services that enhances patient flow and healthcare accessibility. - **Fraser Health**: A healthcare organization in British Columbia leading in AI deployment for patient flow management and operational efficiency. - **RFiD Discovery**: Introduced a Patient Discharge Management system using RFID technology to enhance bed management and patient flow. - **Equum Medical**: A telehealth provider focusing on high acuity and critical care services to enhance patient flow. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **LeanTaaS and hospitals**: Implementing iQueue solutions to address capacity issues and improve patient flow. - **Bangkok Hospital and Agnos Health**: Transitioned to an AI-driven patient flow management system, enhancing registration and queue management. - **Qventus and Major Health Systems**: Partnerships with health systems like Ardent Health and OhioHealth to implement patient flow management solutions. - **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network and Alcidion**: Implementing a digital platform for managing patient flow over five years. - **RWJBarnabas Health and Wellsheet**: Partnership to enhance clinical workflows and improve patient flow management. - **Duke University Health System and GE HealthCare**: Duke will implement GE's new real-time data tool for managing patient flow and capacity. - **Baptist Health and LeanTaaS**: Partnered to utilize predictive analytics and AI-driven automation to optimize operations and improve patient flow. - **Allina Health and Navvis**: Collaborating to improve hospital throughput and patient transitions to post-acute care. - **Epic and Oracle Health**: Integrated AI into their offerings and formed strategic partnerships to enhance patient flow management. - **West Tennessee Healthcare and Qventus**: Partnered to enhance operational efficiency and patient flow across multiple healthcare facilities. - **OSF Healthcare and Puzzle Healthcare**: Implemented a care transition program to reduce readmission rates among skilled nursing partners. - **Fraser Health and Verto/Deloitte**: Collaborating on the Digital Twin project to improve patient flow and medical outcomes through advanced data management. - **DocGo and Tennessee Healthcare System**: Renewed contract to provide medical transportation services, enhancing patient flow and accessibility. - **Qventus and Northwestern Medicine**: Collaboration to enhance surgical care and patient flow through AI solutions. - **Navenio and Mitie**: Collaborated to enhance workflow efficiency at Cumberland Infirmary, achieving significant reductions in task response times. - **HealthLevel and LSCVAMC**: HealthLevel's Foundations platform was selected by the radiology department of Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center to improve patient care and operational efficiency. - **AvaSure and Ouva**: Acquisition to enhance AI capabilities for improving patient safety and operational efficiency. - **OHSU and GE HealthCare**: Collaborated to develop innovative solutions that optimize healthcare access and improve mental health care standards across Oregon. - **Kaiser Permanente and Abridge**: Partnering to enhance clinical documentation through AI, allowing physicians to focus more on patient interaction. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **AI-Driven Patient Flow Solutions**: The integration of AI technologies in patient flow management is leading to significant reductions in wait times and improved operational efficiency. - **Navvis Patient Throughput Solution**: Utilizes a data-driven approach to identify bottlenecks in patient flow and enhance financial performance for health systems. - **AI in Patient Flow**: AI tools are being utilized to predict surges and streamline workflows, enhancing patient discharges and reducing delays. - **AI in Patient Flow Management**: The integration of AI technologies is transforming patient flow management, improving care delivery, and reducing operational inefficiencies. - **Generative AI in Patient Flow**: Generative AI is being utilized to enhance clinical decision-making and streamline operations, including patient flow management. - **Patient Discharge Management Systems**: New systems aimed at streamlining discharge processes to improve patient flow and operational efficiency. - **TeleTracking's Capacity IQ**: A SaaS solution aimed at enhancing patient flow and capacity management in healthcare settings. - **LeanTaaS iQueue Solutions**: AI-powered software that optimizes patient flow in operating rooms, infusion centers, and inpatient settings. - **Rapid Room Turnover Solution by Kontakt.io**: Automates room cleaning processes to enhance patient flow and increase bed capacity. - **Interoperability Solutions**: Emphasizing the need for improved interoperability in healthcare systems to facilitate better patient flow and data sharing among providers. - **Rapid Room Turnover by Kontakt.io**: An AI-powered RTLS solution that automates room cleaning processes to enhance patient flow and increase bed utilization. - **RFID Technology**: Utilization of RFID for real-time visibility in bed management and patient flow tracking. - **RFID Technology in Patient Discharge Management**: RFiD Discovery's system automates bed management updates and improves tracking of patient flow. - **Digital Twin Project**: Fraser Health's initiative to create a digital model of the health region to simulate scenarios for better patient flow management. - **Digital Patient Logistics**: Priority OnDemand's rebranding to OnDemand Connect emphasizes the importance of digital solutions in patient transportation and logistics. - **AI-Powered RTLS**: Integrates real-time location services with electronic health records to optimize patient flow and resource management. - **Footstep Insights Solution**: An AI-driven initiative by Emirates Health Services to improve outpatient appointment management and reduce wait times. - **Capacity IQ by TeleTracking**: A SaaS solution aimed at optimizing hospital operations by improving discharge efficiency and reducing bed turnover times. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Capacity Constraints**: Hospitals face challenges in managing patient flow due to capacity constraints, leading to the need for innovative solutions. - **Staffing Shortages**: Ongoing healthcare labor shortages impacting patient flow and operational efficiency. - **Discharge Process Inefficiencies**: Nearly 84% of leaders report breakdowns in discharge processes as major bottlenecks in patient flow. - **Data Privacy and Quality**: Concerns regarding the quality of data input for AI systems, which is crucial for effective patient flow management. - **Cost Pressures**: Healthcare systems face ongoing financial pressures, necessitating solutions that enhance operational efficiency and patient flow. - **Administrative Burdens**: Inefficiencies in administrative processes can delay patient care and hinder effective transitions between care settings. - **Transition of Care Risks**: Potential loss of critical medical information during patient transitions leading to complications. - **Behavioral Health System Strain**: A mismatch between patient demand and provider availability creates barriers in care for high-risk patients. - **Operational Efficiency**: Healthcare organizations are grappling with balancing technology implementation and human connection, which is crucial for enhancing patient care. - **Length of Stay Issues**: Common challenges include inefficient transfers and variable discharge planning, leading to increased lengths of stay. - **Interoperability Issues**: Patients face challenges in sharing medical information across different healthcare providers, highlighting the need for better integration of technologies. - **Data Management Issues**: Fragmented systems and regulatory requirements hinder effective data management, affecting patient care outcomes. - **Claim Denials**: High rates of claim denials disrupt cash flow and increase administrative burdens, necessitating proactive measures in revenue cycle management. - **Integration of Systems**: Need for vendor-neutral interoperability to break down data silos and enhance coordination among healthcare teams. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: Increasing cyberattacks pose threats to healthcare provider liquidity, necessitating effective management strategies.