Dashboard for assessing patient flow management in hospital institutions.

Proactive control of hospital processes significantly influences patient performance and satisfaction. The objective of the research is to develop a dashboard for the evaluation of patient flow management in hospital institutions. Descriptive quantitative study was developed and previous methodologies were analyzed. A procedure was developed for the preparation of a dashboard for the evaluation of patient flow management in hospital institutions, structured in five stages and nine steps, including procedures for the identification of key variables and aggregation of indicators. A dashboard was prepared for the General Surgery service of a Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital, which is composed of 18 indicators, 6 synthetic indexes and an integral indicator. The integral indicator obtained a value of 0.79 (4), which shows the effectiveness of the actions implemented during the deployment of the improvement model. Among the positive implications for health managers is the possibility of monitoring strategies with a process vision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]