# Smart control of patient flows …

- Link: https://goek.consulting/en/patientenflusse-smart-steuern-2/
- Published: 2020-03-12T07:07:39+00:00
- Author: admin

**Christian Riedel and Marco Clobes**
 **…through higher-level capacity management**

Although the scope of discharge management has been required by law since 2017, 
successful implementation includes much more than the content of the framework contract.
Comprehensive and structured discharge planning begins with or even before the inpatient
admission and extends over the entire stay and all treatment and process steps in
the hospital. In addition, the occupancy and resource management starts with the
planning of office hours and operating room appointments, results in an indication-
appropriate care at wards and, if necessary, ends with a directly following post-
inpatient care. Important elements, also in occupancy control, for example in areas
relevant to PpUG, can be a boarding or holding area for patients, as well as an 
interdisciplinary short-stay station.

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