Jimmy, Mrs. Vanderbilt can go home but she needs a PICC Line Placed first for her Antibiotics. I just entered the PICC consult order.
Before
1000 - Good to go but....
Rm. 214
OK, Dr. Sanders, Let me coordinate that with the Care Team
11:30 Everyone's notified, right?
OK, I think I've called everyone, Jake the Nurse, Jan the D/C Planner, Karrie with PICC, and Beth from X-Ray should all be aware
The PICC team came by and inserted the line but we'll still waiting for X-ray for Mrs. Vanderbilt
1500 - What??
What? I thought everything would be done by 1300 and Mrs. Vanderbilt would be discharged. This is poor coordination!
After
Jimmy, Mrs. Vanderbilt can go home but she needs a PICC Line Placed first for her Antibiotics. I just entered the PICC consult order.
Pending discharge patient with a contingency that involves multiple resources that need to be managed.
1000 - Good to go
Rm. 214
Ok Dr. Sanders, I'll Iris the Care Team and the PICC Team so that they all know this is the only item we're waiting on. I'll also assign myself a follow up task in CA.
Trying to get everyone on the same page with the patient's progression needs.
11:30 Time to follow up
I can see in the E.H.R. Notes that the PICC is placed but we're still pending X-ray. Let me Iris them to make sure they're on it.
Hey Jimmy, Mrs. Vanderbilt just left and her room is clean. Do you have another patient for me?
It's hard to stay on top of an activity with this many moving parts. Jake tells Jimmy that the PICC is done but X-ray hasn't come by yet.
1400 - What's next?
I sure do. Bed placement just called looking for a monitored bed and I told them 214 is ready.
Everyone on the care team as well as ancillary services are notified immediately of the pending discharge with contingencies.
It's so easy to check the To-Do list for each patient and follow up.
Patients are progressing as they should due to communication and coordination enabled by Care Logistics