ED Management articles from July 2005

ED Management archives from July 2005

JCAHO's safety goals - The clock is ticking, will your ED be compliant?
July 1, 2005... JCAHO's safety goals - The clock is ticking, will your ED be compliant? ED managers share their secrets for becoming, staying compliant ED managers and staff will face even greater responsibility for compliance under the 2006...

Other 2006 changes will potentially affect EDs.(hospital emergency departments)
July 1, 2005... Other 2006 changes will potentially affect EDs While the two new requirements involving hand-offs and medication labeling are the most obvious changes in the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals just released by the Joint Commission on...

Radiology discrepancies plaguing ED managers.
July 1, 2005... .table { border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #000000; } Radiology discrepancies plaguing ED managers Growing number of incidents seen in recent years A patient came into the ED with acute onset of headache. A computed axial...

Terrorism drill shows ED response plan flaws.
July 1, 2005... Terrorism drill shows ED response plan flaws ED managers also see weaknesses in drill itself In the world of bioterrorism drills, this was something special: TOPOFF3, a program mandated by Congress and sponsored by the Department of...

State of the art replaces state of confusion at ED.(Carondelet Health Network's St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson,)
July 1, 2005... State of the art replaces state of confusion at ED New facility features high-tech, creative elements Less than two years ago, the ED at Carondelet Health Network's St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ, was an 8,000-square-foot facility...

Manager helps raise money to fund new ED.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2005... Manager helps raise money to fund new ED An ED manager as the driving force behind a capital campaign for a new facility? It has proved to be a winning formula at Carondelet Health Network's St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ, where a...

Six Sigma success story: Reducing variations is key.(measuring quality of service at Providence Hospital in Southfield, Michigan)
July 1, 2005... .table { border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #000000; } Six Sigma success story: Reducing variations is key Averages do not give an accurate picture If you had reduced the mean door-to-doctor time in your ED from 64.3 minutes...

Trauma Reports supplement.
July 1, 2005... Click here for the July 2005 Trauma Reports Supplement. SOURCE-ED Management

CE/CME Objectives/Questions.
July 1, 2005... CE/CME objectives * Implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the publication. (See Radiology discrepancies plaguing ED managers and Terrorism drill shows ED response plan flaws in this issue.) * Discuss and apply new...