Emergency Department Redesigns Must Incorporate Recent Lessons Learned
It won’t be long now: Emergency department medical directors and nurse managers will soon be asked to…
Patient Flow
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Emergency Department Redesigns Must Incorporate Recent Lessons Learned
It won’t be long now: Emergency department medical directors and nurse managers will soon be asked to... -
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...
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…
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…
Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s “Expedite to Excellence” Project Improve Wait Times and Performance Metrics
Hasbro Children’s Hospital (HCH) is a busy pediatric hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and a teaching hospital…
Virginia Commonwealth University Improves Patient Flow Through “Vision in Action” Model
The emergency department at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond is one of the busiest teaching hospital…
Tips for Managing Heavy Workloads in the Emergency Department
At this very minute in emergency departments across the country, physicians and nurses are working hard, trying…
Carilion Clinic Transfer and Communications Center Helps Improve ED Patient Flow, Outcomes
For the past four years, I have had the honor of serving as the medical director of…