Vancouver, BC, August 11 2010: CapPlan, a new planning tool developed by Emendo, is about to improve staff and facility scheduling across six Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) hospital sites. The new tool will directly benefit patients by increasing their access to an acute care bed.
CapPlan is widely used at hospitals in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, and VCH is the first health region in Canada to implement Emendo’s innovative hospital capacity-planning tool.
“We have been seeking an effective tool that has the ability to accurately forecast inpatient demand and staffing requirements across all wards at any time,” Mark Chase, Executive Director, Decision Support, VCH. “This new tool will also allow us to track peak patient usage and recognize recurring patterns. It will also help us manage occasional events ranging from seasonal closures to H1N1 outbreaks.”