Hospital Access Management articles from October 2006

Hospital Access Management archives from October 2006

Care starts on arrival with centralized admissions area at Elmhurst Memorial.
October 1, 2006... Care starts on arrival with centralized admissions area at Elmhurst Memorial Assessment, initial testing done before patient goes to nursing unit A centralized admissions area (CAA) at Elmhurst (IL) Memorial Healthcare handles much of...

'Ideal Patient Day' gives heads-up on care.
October 1, 2006... 'Ideal Patient Day' gives heads-up on care Schedule serves patient, not just staff When Elmhurst Memorial Healthcare looked at improving patient throughput, one of the issues that surfaced had to do with housekeeping, which...

Provide entire staff with leadership opportunities.
October 1, 2006... Provide entire staff with leadership opportunities Leadership program open to all It's the philosophy at Elmhurst (IL) Memorial Healthcare to offer leadership opportunities to employees at all levels and in all areas of the...

Need throughput solution? Try discharge planning.
October 1, 2006... Need throughput solution? Try discharge planning Remember the basics, veteran CM says As hospitals struggle to improve patient throughput by streamlining their emergency departments and installing bed management software, they often...

Maryland facility begins discharge by appointment.
October 1, 2006... Maryland facility begins discharge by appointment Plan 'truly' begins at admission This month, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, MD, begins discharging patients by appointment, in the latest phase of a three-year effort toward...

On-line referral system aids in Katrina aftermath.
October 1, 2006... On-line referral system aids in Katrina aftermath Relocations impacted process In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, the already challenging task of arranging discharges and communicating with...

MD-Link gives access to referring physicians.
October 1, 2006... MD-Link gives access to referring physicians UAMS records available on-line Physicians from throughout the state — and country — who make referrals to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center in...

News Briefs.
October 1, 2006... Gulf area emergency care still not recovered The emergency care system in Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita still has not recovered and progress is slow, the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) reports....