Consider the movement and experience of a typical patient in today's hospital care environment. The average patient will be in the hospital for about five and a half days. During this stay, they will encounter a multitude of providers, staff, and departments. How their hospital stay is managed and how they are moved between hospital areas dictates their experience and has a significant impact on the hospital's performance.

This white paper is for hospital decision-makers and those who are evaluating patient flow and capacity management technologies. It examines the challenges healthcare organizations are facing in managing patient throughput and capacity. It provides some industry-based insight on how to achieve operational excellence through the application of patient flow logistics and tracking software.