Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and is…
Patient Flow
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Re-Engineering Flow in an Academic Emergency Department
The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and is... -
A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community... -
Pros and Cons: Waiting Room Medicine
In the March episode of ACEP Nowcast, I spoke with Luke LeBas, MD, FACEP, about our opposing...
A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community…
Pros and Cons: Waiting Room Medicine
In the March episode of ACEP Nowcast, I spoke with Luke LeBas, MD, FACEP, about our opposing…
The Big Recovery: Emergency Department Operations in 2021
The role of the emergency department (ED) and emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due…
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…
Another COVID Casualty: the Emergency Department Transfer Process
New waves and challenges of COVID-19 keep coming. Emergency physicians keep managing the front lines, caring for…
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…
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…