Some hospitals in the Steve Biko Academic Cluster in Tshwane have reduced patient waiting times by at least two hours, this is all thanks to a new Electronic Bed Management System (eBMS), the Gauteng Department of Health has introduced as part of healthcare modernisation.
Gauteng hospitals manage an average of 27.7 million patients annually, and often experience a shortage of beds. To address this the department has piloted eBMS at Steve Biko Academic Hospital earlier this year.
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