Increasing hospital capacity constraints with a comprehensive open-market approach
Increasing hospital capacity constraints with a comprehensive open-market approach
Client
UCLA Health is an internationally recognized Academic Medical Center providing quaternary care to over 35,000 inpatients annually.
Situation
UCLA faced severe capacity constraints, consistently placing the ER on divert. They were also looking to increase participation in value-based reimbursement structures and wanted to ensure their operations were ready.
Action
UCLA Health contracted with Aidin to use its care transition management tool to make it easy to connect with the complete set of potential post-acute providers for any patient and provide up-to-date data and easy comparison tools for use at the bed-side to inform and expedite patient decisions.
Results
$1.7M
Reduced cost
Using Aidin, UCLA Health reduced costs by $1.7M annually
600
inpatients
Created space for 600 additional inpatients a year
1 Day
Average reduced LOS
Average 1 full day reduction in LOS with 2.2 day reduction for patients requiring inpatient rehab; Reduced standard deviation of LOS by 50% (fewer long LOS patients)
18%
drop in readmissions
2x
increase in case management efficiency