It appears to be a regional or centralised bed management system to optimise bed allocation and patient care.
"Il ricovero puo' essere proposto dal medico di famiglia, dal medico della guardia medica territoriale, dallo specialista del SSN o a seguito di visita ambulatoriale presso la nostra Azienda. Il ricovero prevede di norma una prenotazione e lo scorrimento di una lista di attesa in cui hanno priorita' i ricoveri urgenti.
E' inoltre previsto e attuato il ricovero programmato di pazienti trasferiti da altri ospedali. Attraverso una Centrale Operativa Interna per le Emergenze delle Strutture (COIES), l'AOU collabora con la Centrale Operativa Territoriale per l'aggiornamento della disponibilita' di posti letto, nell'ambito del bacino regionale della Campania ."
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"Southern Health’s Adult Mental Health services are divided into four geographical areas/divisions – North and Mid Hampshire, South West Hampshire, East Hampshire and Southampton. Currently, mental health beds and patient flow are managed by the Trust’s Acute Care Support Team (and not by individual divisions). This is a centralised bed management model which unfortunately has not proved successful enough in managing the resource. There have also been local operational concerns regarding the sustainability of the model in the longer term. These concerns include difficulty in managing planned admissions locally; continuity of care; and differing thresholds for admission, discharge and potential risk across divisions. By using this centralised bed management system, we have found there are a number of factors that can cause an increase in a patient’s length of stay (when compared to beds being managed more locally by areas/divisions)."
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