Shared beds are not just about bed transfers

2024-12-12

Focusing on the concern of patients' difficulty in finding a bed, many hospitals in China are exploring and piloting "shared beds" - connecting various departments, allowing patients to live wherever hospitals have beds, making all hospital beds a mobile shared resource, and reducing patients' waiting time for admission. Many people have experienced how tight the hospital beds are. In some popular departments, beds are "walked" out of the ward and placed in the hallway, and some even have to queue up for "beds in the hallway". Data shows that the utilization rate of hospital beds in China in 2023 will be 79.4%, with 91.1% in tertiary hospitals, 74.3% in secondary hospitals, and 54.1% in primary hospitals. On one hand, some department corridors are filled with beds, while on the other hand, some departments still have free time. Balancing the use of beds between departments is essential for improving patients' medical experience. The launch of "shared beds" has broken down the barriers between hospital beds, improved bed utilization, effectively alleviated the problem of bed shortage in popular departments, and is a vivid practice of "patient-centered". While improving bed utilization, it is also necessary to consider the difficulties that "shared beds" may bring. Based on past experience, the office of a resident physician is often set up near the inpatient department to prevent patients from experiencing temporary situations. The implementation of "shared beds" has led to some patients being transferred to other departments, inevitably increasing the communication costs between doctors and patients. From the perspective of patients and their families, living far away from the attending physician can also lead to a lack of "sense of security". In response to these practical issues, many hospitals follow the operation mode of "doctors following patients" when promoting "shared beds", in order to minimize the psychological burden on patients and their families and ensure the quality of medical services. Next, we need to further enhance the level of refined management. Scientifically allocate departmental divisions. Through big data analysis, optimize the layout of the inpatient department, allowing high demand departments to be located adjacent to departments with relatively abundant beds, effectively reducing the physical distance between doctors and patients. Strengthen the ability of general nursing. Targeted training can be provided to the nursing team to enhance their interdisciplinary nursing skills and build a comprehensive nursing team. Emergency medical rescue rapid response teams and other mobile departments can also be established to monitor the data of "shared beds" patients, ensuring that critically ill patients can receive timely and standardized emergency treatment. (New Society)

Edit:Luo yu    Responsible editor:Zhou shu

Source:Guangzhou Daily

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