The morgue never makes the efficiency presentation — but maybe it should.

The morgue never makes the efficiency presentation — but maybe it should. When decedent processing stalls, the ripple moves upward fast — into patient beds, into staff workload, into family communication. Hospital operations teams rarely audit this space with the same rigor as ORs or pharmacies. A scheduled pickup window, a digital tracking log, a dedicated coordinator — small changes that protect bed capacity across the whole facility. The less visible the department, the longer the delay goes unaddressed.