| We all know how critical "Downtime" can be to | | | | real estate. In addition, one less bed often means |
| the profitability of a factory. Downtime equals lost | | | | one less available room to offer medical patients. |
| productivity and lost productivity equals lost | | | | Less rooms equals less revenue. If your medical |
| revenue. In the medical arena, Hospital Beds are | | | | center has a high number of bed failures one |
| just as critical to a medical facility's profitability. In | | | | month, this can represent a real loss of income. |
| fact, we often gauge a Hospital's size and market | | | | The solution to this problem. Is to have a |
| share by the number of beds it has. | | | | proactive strategy. Here is the best strategy I |
| This article will show you how to minimize | | | | have found for resolving Hill Rom Hospital bed |
| downtime caused by faulty Hill Rom beds at your | | | | downtime: |
| facility. Read the entire article and you will have a | | | | 1. Have a few good loaner beds that can be |
| guaranteed strategy to make sure your hospital | | | | swapped out for faulty ones in patient rooms. |
| won't lose money from hospital beds being out of | | | | 2. Have a trouble-shooting area where bed |
| service. | | | | problems can be assessed. |
| Before addressing the solution, it is best to fully | | | | 3. Have technical staff who can isolate the |
| understand the problem. When a medical bed fails | | | | problem to a board or motor |
| it is an inconvenience to the patient, staff, and | | | | 4. Have a an exchange program for Hill Rom bed |
| repair personnel. If a patient is in the faulty bed, | | | | parts |
| he or she must be moved to another bed in | | | | 5. Exchange parts as needed and put beds back in |
| order to trouble-shoot the problem. This presents | | | | service |
| a hassle for the staff and puts pressure on the | | | | This simple strategy will make it very easy to |
| repair technician. | | | | stop the "financial bleeding" at your hospital caused |
| An "out of service" bed takes up precious hospital | | | | by a Hill Rom bed being out of service. |