Parental satisfaction with pediatric emergency department visits has been argued to be best predi...

June 16th, 2015
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OSF Healthcare, Peoria, Ill., wanted to improve the care of patients experiencing an ST elevation...

October 13th, 2014
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An ED case management program was developed to implement tactics focused on reducing ED avoidable...

March 27th, 2013
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Preoperative/procedure testing for surgical, cardiac catheterization and scheduled C-section pati...

March 25th, 2013
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Emergency department overcrowding has created patient throughput challenges with 2012 volume alre...

March 25th, 2013
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Utilizing PDSA, the hospital’s multidisciplinary team utilized evidence based best practices to e...

March 12th, 2013
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Good Samaritan Regional Health Center’s medical unit required four hours, 18 minutes to discharge...

March 6th, 2013
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The rural community of Ellenville, New York (population 4,000), and the New York borough of Brook...

April 30th, 2012
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With nearly half of all emergency departments operating at or above capacity and the majority of ...

April 27th, 2012
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In 2008, a project was underway to renovate Southampton Hospital's emergency department (upgradin...

February 1st, 2012
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Improving patient flow throughout the Bon Secours Charity Health System is critical to patient sa...

February 1st, 2012
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Transitions across care settings introduce risk for patient harm, and medication errors are an im...

December 1st, 2011
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A trip to the emergency department too often conjures up images of crowded waiting rooms and exte...

August 1st, 2011
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An integrated approach to project design drove breakthrough improvement in operating results at S...

June 13th, 2011
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Timely access to health care is important for everyone, particularly our nation's veterans. From ...

March 14th, 2011
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Rarely does an orthopedic physician discuss information workflow with an ER doc, but at Regions H...

November 29th, 2010
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ED bottlenecks are common problems in hospitals causing excessive wait times, decreasing patient ...

May 17th, 2010
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The Problem Inefficiencies in the fast track at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital have long b...

October 8th, 2009
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The Problem Like many hospitals, Westmoreland struggled with significant ED crowding and patient...

October 8th, 2009
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At any one time, more than 100 patients are in this busy and complex ED. Historically, staff acti...

September 24th, 2009
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The Problem Advocate Christ Medical Center's space in the admittance bay area and resource usage...

September 20th, 2009
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The Problem Emergency departments across the nation are being stretched as more Americans rely o...

September 1st, 2009
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The Problem According to a study published online by Health Affairs on January 15, 2008, the med...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem St. Francis struggled getting non-emergent patients from the door to an ED bed in a ...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem When the performance improvement team began to take stock of the situation in Advoca...

August 1st, 2009
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The Problem Several processes used in the care of patients of Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical ...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem The emergency department corrective action team began May 2, 2007 with the mission s...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Like many urban safety net hospitals, Hahnemann University Hospital struggled with o...

July 1st, 2009
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The Problem Carolina Medical Center-Mercy worked on patient throughput in its ED, while developi...

June 1st, 2009
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