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…
Patient Flow
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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... -
Patient Flow Improvements to Boost Efficiency in Small Emergency Departments
The emergency department at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, wanted to take its operational performance...
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…
Patient Flow Improvements to Boost Efficiency in Small Emergency Departments
The emergency department at Houlton Regional Hospital (HRH) in Houlton, Maine, wanted to take its operational performance…
Miriam Hospital’s FAST FORWARD>> Program Regains Lost Patient Flow Efficiencies
The Miriam Hospital is a 247-bed community hospital affiliated with the Warren Alpert School Medical School of…
Should Emergency Physicians Abandon Face-Mask Ventilation?
Face-mask ventilation is considered a fundamental procedural skill in emergency medicine. We have historically deployed it when…
Early Hospital Discharge Can Improve Capacity, Patient Flow
Many hospitals in the country operate at capacity, and many patients are boarded in the emergency department….
Intermountain Medical Center in Utah Improves Efficiency, Performance with Vertical Flow Model
Intermountain Medical Center, flagship hospital of the health system by the same name, sits nestled along the…
Rhode Island Hospital ED Boosts Efficiency by Adopting Brown University Patient Flow Model
The Rhode Island Hospital emergency department in Providence was built 10 years ago and is one of…
National Surveys on Emergency Department Trends Bring Future Improvements Into Focus
Emergency physicians and emergency department leaders face an important time in determining how to serve the needs…
Segmentation Improves Emergency Department Patient Flow at Raritan Bay Medical Center
Once upon a time, the emergency department was a single treatment room in the basement of a…