A healthcare command center functions as the central nervous system that facilitates, monitors and manages all communications, critical tasks, daily operations and emergencies within an organization.
Due to its critical role, a healthcare command center should seamlessly integrate various departments within the health system, and centralize and deliver relevant information among various facilities and clinics. As mission control, it must disseminate data metrics on a variety of functions to improve efficiencies and economies of scale for clinical and administrative hospital operations, mitigate risk and cut costs. Routine tasks may include capacity management (for example, bed availability), staffing and scheduling.
For healthcare organizations interested in standing up their own command center or revamping an existing one, remember the three C’s: communication, collaboration and cooperation. Here are six focus areas to help you reach peak performance:
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