Utilization

Optimizing asset utilization is vitally important to bolster the paper-thin profit margins that challenge most hospitals. Timely understanding of asset utilization helps to both reduce the variable costs of under-used assets and maximize the revenue realized through better performers.

The Diver Solution has built a system to analyze bed occupancy patterns and their implications on operational performance. At the highest level, this application provides a summary (by shift or by time of day, for example) of bed occupancy at the nursing unit level. By updating this view frequently throughout the day, it's possible to avoid unnecessary labor costs in some assets while removing bottlenecks to maximize asset utilization, patient satisfaction and revenue from others.

The screen below shows one of the interface charts illustrating bed occupancy by unit and shift over three shift periods in one day.

Utilization