Using Best Practice to Reduce Hospital Costs of Rental Bed Equipment

Using Best Practice to Reduce Hospital Cost of Rental Bed Equipment

Kathleen M. Berry FNP-BC, CWON

 

  Background:

• Research or supportive evidence is lacking  to support a best practice process on ordering and discharging rental beds in acute care
•  Benchmarking with other acute care wound  departments  revealed expenses were excessive for rental beds at BTMC
•  Advanced Practice Nurse identified:
  •  Need to decrease expenses for rental beds
  •  Need  for a multidisciplinary  flow process  to   decrease expenses
  •  Utilized ASSURE Professional Practice Model to achieve the goal

Goals:

 

• Develop a flow process for ordering and discharging rental beds
• Continue providing pressure relief for those patients who require it
• Expect a decrease in rental bed expenses

Multidisciplinary Flow Process  Developed:

Method

ASSURA Model step 1
Framework for Professional Practice

¢  Analysis of need

¢  Survey-Investment Variables

¢  Sequence-Development & Implement Plan

¢  Utilize the change acceleration Process

¢  Report immediate results of learning

Assura Model Step 5
Report Immediate Results of Learning 

¢  2008- Rental cost of low air overlay & beds

—   = $376,093.00

¢  2009- Rental cost of low air overlay & beds

—  $157,282.00

—  Difference = $218,811.00

 

Recommendations or Conclusions:

• Identify inefficiencies and employ process to improve process flow 
• Share best practice with other Banner facilities