Improve patient flow and bed management
Hospital staff can increase the number of patients safely discharged each day and enable faster allocation of beds to those who need them the most by using Infinity.
Tasks are the bedrock of accurate and effective movement of patients through the healthcare system. Integrated task management underpins Infinity allowing patients to be tracked by location and throughout their patient journey, with the tasks that need to be completed.
Hospital site teams often lack an up-to-date view of available beds and an accurate forward-view of discharges, with the tasks that need to be completed for patients. Information is time-consuming to access and collate, leading to further delays and inappropriate allocation of beds.
Infinity provides access to up-to-date, real-time data, giving hospital staff a much clearer and more accurate picture about what is happening at their site at any given moment. Staff can view the live bed-state, task status, and visibility of discharges for the day. This allows them to prioritise patients and allocate them to the most appropriate ward, while identifying and unblocking tasks that impede patient flow through the hospital.
“Infinity provides a fantastic flow of information, following the patient from admission to A&E to discharge.”
— A&E Team Leader, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Watch this demo of Infinity for Patient Flow and how it can help hospital staff to increase the number of patients safely discharged each day and enable faster allocation of beds.
Benefits and features
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Easily allocate beds
Site teams have an up to date view of all available beds across all locations and a forward-view of confirmed AM and PM discharges. They have the data and tools they need to prioritise patients and efficiently allocate them to the most appropriate ward.
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Improve discharge planning
Ward teams can view new admissions, patients waiting to be admitted, high acuity patients or those due for discharge.
They can proactively identify and unblock tasks that cause delays and impede patient flow throughout the hospital.
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Reduce average length of stay
Digital prompts to complete tasks and digital automations of high-volume tasks allow clinical best practice to be standardised and unnecessary delays removed from pathways.
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Save staff time
Staff spend less time chasing or updating information and can plan and coordinate care for their patients, more easily.
Infinity is easy to use and intuitive. Staff can access and share vital information, identify blockages, and make quicker, accurate decisions about care.
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Integrate with existing systems
Infinity can integrate with PAS and EPR systems, patient engagement platforms, remote patient monitoring devices, diagnostic solutions, and others, ensuring admissions, discharges and transfers are automatically recorded and surfaced on its dashboards.
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Better clinical outcomes
Staff can have more informed conversations with patients about their care, with access to real-time information. Patients are admitted quicker, are seen quicker, and receive treatment quicker.
Saving 20,000 bed days in one year at London North West
Infinity has increased capacity at London North West University Healthcare Trust, helping to save over 20,000 bed days within a year.
Replacing paper lists, telephone calls and face-to-face handovers with the Infinity platform has saved staff time, allowing them to help more patients to avoid hospital admission or discharge early.
“The NHS is experiencing exceptional demand and significant staff shortages, resulting in a limited supply of hospital beds, delayed discharge and long waiting times for patients. Infinity can dramatically simplify the process of discharge planning, changing the way the ward and site teams coordinate their activity and share information. This results in the site team having a live bed-state and visibility of discharges for the day, giving them the data and tools they need to prioritise patients and efficiently allocate to the most appropriate ward.”
-Elliott Engers, CEO, Infinity Health