Overstay Predictor Project

See Overstay Predictor Project Collection Instructions for collection instructions for this project.

A small number of patients overstays for a significant amount of time after they are medically ready for discharge. Though the number of patients is small, a significant proportion of bed-days is wasted in the process. We are piloting a process at the Grace where an "transition coordinator" will be assigned to patients at risk of overstaying. Whether a patient is at risk is determined by the ward nurse assessing risk factors on a form, and by an assessment algorithm that takes into account the values mentioned as mandatory above; the combination of these results in a chart being assigned a colour sticker, and the transition coordinators monitor these chart stickers.

Primary Investigator

Primary Investigator: Dr. Dan Roberts

• Overstay Predictor Project for Medicine - Dec 5.11 collection team meeting discussion item 6

Project Contact Person Project Coordinator

Linda Hathout: Phone: 391-5434 or LHathout@exchange.hsc.mb.ca

• Shellie Anderson(Director of Patient Services-Medicine Program)@ HSC site will accept DPST Forms and sheets completed(Lists of Patients determined as REDS)Her contact info:

e-mail : sanderson@hsc.mb.ca GH509 204-787-3590--Llemoine 11:46, 2015 July 22 (CDT)

Go to Implementation Dates

Transition Coordinator Assignment

If the patient has been designated as "red" for purposes of overstay prediction, the data collector will notify a Transition Coordinator by placing the patients name on the Transition Coordinator assignment sheet in the Transition Coordinator binder. The rotation of Coordinators is made up of Home Care, Social Work, Physio, And OTs. Once assigned the transition coordinator is responsible for following that patient throughout their hospital stay.

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I don't think this picture is up to date here. I just review one with Julie that was handed out for HSC start up and it is not the same. Not sure where there is a clean copy of most updated one.Trish Ostryzniuk 19:27, 2013 July 18 (CDT)

• • Seem to remember that we put a different image on here than what was handed to coordinators since this one was to reflect collectors' perspective rather than coordinators'. However, there may also have been an update - what is the diff to the one you and Julie viewed? Ttenbergen 10:10, 2013 July 22 (CDT)

The rotation of Coordinators is made up of Home Care, Social Work, Physio, And OTs. After assignment, that service is responsible for following that patient throughout their hospital stay. The Transition Coordinators are responsible for balancing their workload in the case that any individual is overburdened. They will also reassign patients if any Transition Coordinator is expecting to be a away for more than three business days.

see also

• List of diagnoses affecting Overstay Project