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- 1. Acquisition cost
- 2. duration of stay
- 3. Patient volume
- 4. Patient waiting time
- 5. Patients per hour
- 6. Missed dates
- 7. Patient rooms used
- 8. Patient room draw
- 9. Staff to patient ratio
- 10. Patient satisfaction
There are many steps you can follow in your outpatient setting, but some are more important than others. If you want to know how your facility is doing overall, you should first look at these six key performance indicators (KPIs).
1. Patient Acquisition Cost
Patient acquisition cost (PAC) is a key metric for outpatient practices to track because it measures how much you spend to acquire each new patient. The PAC is equal to the total cost of marketing divided by the number of patients acquired. It’s a percentage that represents how much it costs you to bring in each new patient and should be compared over time so you can see how well your marketing strategy is working.
Once you’ve calculated your PAC, there are two things that can help lower it: use more effective or less expensive advertising, and get better at referring patients.
2. duration of stay
Ambulatory length of stay (ALOS) is the length of time a patient stays in hospital after being discharged. If a patient comes in, is treated and then goes home, they may have to return later for ongoing treatment or follow-up appointments. In this case, you need to track the outpatient length of stay as well as the total length of stay because it tells you how long patients spend in your facility.
Outpatient length of stay is also known as home discharge, or “DTH” in the healthcare industry. It’s a way to track how long it takes patients to get home after being discharged from hospital, and it can help you find ways to reduce wait times.
3. Outpatient volume
Let’s start with a simple one: number of patients seen in a given day. This metric can be tracked for all of your facilities, as well as broken down by department or location within the hospital. If you have more than one location (like an outpatient clinic), this is especially important to track.
The next step would be to track the number of patients seen per hour at each of your facilities, again broken down by department or location. It’s important to know how busy each facility is throughout the day so you can better plan staffing needs and resources accordingly.
Once we have these basic metrics in place, it’s time to start looking at more specific details about patient flow through our facilities – namely their length of stay (LOS), average visit time ( AVT) and the overall satisfaction score (OSS). These three metrics are essential for measuring the effectiveness of a particular facility or practice over time relative to others around it.
4. Patient waiting time
Patient wait time is the time a patient waits for a provider. It is an important indicator of patient experience and satisfaction, and can also be used to assess other aspects of care.
A low value for this metric indicates that patients do not wait long for their appointments. This means they are more likely to be satisfied with their visit and will likely return if needed in the future.
While it may seem like a low latency is always better than a high, that’s not always the case. If your practice has many patients with urgent needs or complex issues, you may need to keep some of them on hold longer so that you can prioritize emergencies and those who need help. immediate attention.
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5. Patients per hour
Patient flow, or patient throughput, is a measure of the number of patients seen in an hour. This is often used to measure the efficiency of a healthcare facility and can be calculated by dividing the number of observed patients by your hospital’s total available hours. However, it can also be calculated using only the time spent seeing patients (total time divided by the number of patients), allowing you to compare this metric across different facilities with varying opening hours and volumes of patients.
A variation of this metric is patient throughput per hour (or simply throughput). It measures the number of people treated through each step of their care process, such as checking in, waiting for tests or procedures, being treated, etc. – within one hour.
6. Number of missed appointments
Number of missed appointments (e.g. “no-show”)
This metric measures the number of missed appointments and is an important indicator of patient satisfaction. How can practice prevent this from happening? What steps can be taken to increase attendance on future visits?
No-show rate
The no-show rate is a metric that tracks the number of patients who scheduled an appointment but did not show up as scheduled. In other words, if you have 10 appointments scheduled, but only 7 happen, then your no-show rate would be 30%.
7. Average number of patient rooms used at a time
Patient rooms used at any given time is the average number of patients your ambulatory surgery center can see in a day. Include patient waiting room, examination rooms and recovery/recovery suite patient capacity. This metric is important because it is often used as a benchmark for managing operating room schedules and resource allocation, especially when it comes to staff planning and budgeting.
The Average number of patients seen in a day is calculated by dividing the sum of the daily workload by the number of days of operation during the period analyzed.
The formula is:
Number of patients per day = Total surgeries / day / number of open days
8. Patient room turnover rate
Patient room turnover rate is the rate at which patients are released from a hospital or clinic. It is measured in terms of the number of patient rejections per day
The higher the turnover rate, the faster and emptier the patient rooms. This can be a good thing if it means your healthcare system is running smoothly and efficiently, but it also increases the stress on staff as they have to focus on dropping out every new registered patient before their old one leaves.
This metric is also important because it can help you determine the size of your day surgery center and whether it will be able to meet the expected demand. The average number of patients seen at an outpatient surgery center per day helps with planning and budgeting, but it doesn’t tell you anything about revenue per case or adjust for your hospital or clinic’s case mix, it may -be time to think about how you can reduce staff stress and increase efficiency by implementing some of these tactics.
9. Staff to patient ratio
Staff to patient ratio
Sometimes called “Staff to Patient Ratio”, this metric shows how many staff are working in your ambulatory care center. The higher the number, the more equipped your facility is to meet patient needs. A high ratio also reflects a well-staffed team that is able to provide quality care. Like other metrics on this list and elsewhere in this guide, it is important that BCAs monitor their staff to patient ratio and keep it within an acceptable range (eg: 1 nurse for every 20 patients).
Staffing level
This metric shows how many employees are working in your ACC on a given day – and whether you are short-staffed or not meeting industry standards for staffing ratios (as mentioned above). It is crucial for healthcare organizations to monitor staffing levels so that they do not miss any opportunity for improvement or lose patients due to delayed treatment or dissatisfaction with the low quality of service offered in their center.
10. Overall patient satisfaction
Patient satisfaction is one of the most important metrics in healthcare, and it’s something that can be measured easily in the outpatient setting. By asking patients to rate their experience on a scale of 1 to 10, we can get a good idea of their satisfaction with their care and whether or not they would recommend our facility to friends and family.
We can then use this data to improve our strategies to prevent medical errors, reduce wait times, increase throughput, improve quality of care…the possibilities are endless!
As a general rule, the number of patients per day should be based on your average patient flow patterns. If you have a high-volume surgery center, the number of patients per day may be higher than if it is a low-volume center.
Conclusion
Hospital administrators can use these KPIs to show the quality of care at their hospital and ensure that it is meeting patient needs. These metrics are also useful for determining the efficiency of your facility, so they can be used by management teams to find opportunities for improvement.