The Hospital Geographic Zone Debate Pendulum Is Swinging Back
There is a debate going on in the inpatient world among hospitalists, bed management and other hospital…
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The Hospital Geographic Zone Debate Pendulum Is Swinging Back
There is a debate going on in the inpatient world among hospitalists, bed management and other hospital... -
Strategies To Help Your ED Adapt to Variable Volumes and Patient Needs
One of the unforeseen changes to emergency medicine in the peri-pandemic era is the extreme variation in... -
Hospital-Wide Strategies for Reducing Inpatient Discharge Delays and Boarding
Many emergency departments got a brief reprieve from boarding during the COVID-19 pandemic, but most are seeing...
Strategies To Help Your ED Adapt to Variable Volumes and Patient Needs
One of the unforeseen changes to emergency medicine in the peri-pandemic era is the extreme variation in…
Hospital-Wide Strategies for Reducing Inpatient Discharge Delays and Boarding
Many emergency departments got a brief reprieve from boarding during the COVID-19 pandemic, but most are seeing…
ED’s Shift To Physician-in-Triage Enabled Fast Assessment, Treatment
The leadership team in the Tennity Emergency Department at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage, California, was struggling…
Help Prevent Coronavirus Spread by Reevaluating ED Flow
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on May 2, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Pennsylvania ED Re-Engineers Patient Flow to Reduce Boarding Burden
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) was the nation’s first teaching hospital at the nation’s…
How Did University Hospital in San Antonio Reduce ED Boarding?
It is well-recognized that delays in inpatient discharges result in ED boarding of admitted patients. Boarding has…
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital’s Emergency Department Has Data-Driven Efficiency
Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (HDV) is a 173–licensed bed private hospital and level I trauma center in…
Careful Planning and Innovation Helped Washington Hospital Move Its Emergency Department
Washington Hospital Healthcare System (WHHS) in Fremont, California, had a very efficient emergency department that had long…
Tips for Reducing Falls in Your ED Via Process and Design Changes
The cost of patient falls in elderly persons is expected to reach $32.4 billion dollars in 2020.1…