ED Management articles from September 2007

ED Management archives from September 2007

Solid plan, 'gut instinct' are disaster response keys.(Hennepin County Medical Center)
September 1, 2007... Solid plan, 'gut instinct' are disaster response keys Bridge collapses, ED manager makes judgment call When a bridge that links Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, collapsed early in the evening on Aug. 1, it touched off a series of events...

Disaster communications need to be improved.(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Disaster communications need to be improved While ED the staff at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis responded quickly and efficiently following the collapse of an interstate bridge, John L. Hick, MD, medical director for...

'PIT' more than triples ED's satisfaction rates.(Parma Community General Hospital's Physician in Triage, emergency department)
September 1, 2007... 'PIT' more than triples ED's satisfaction rates Averages for LOS and LWBS more than cut in half How would you like to boost your patient satisfaction scores from the 30th percentile to the 96th percentile with a single new strategy in...

'Sense of urgency' helps sell staff.(to join Parma Community General Hospital's Physician in Triage program)
September 1, 2007... 'Sense of urgency' helps sell staff One of the keys to getting staff onboard with the new Physician in Triage (PIT) program in the ED at Parma (OH) Community General Hospital was creating a sense of urgency, says Dawn Beljin, RN, director...

Anticoagulation therapy is safety goal for 2008.
September 1, 2007... Anticoagulation therapy is safety goal for 2008 Growing number are taking these drugs One of the new National Patient Safety Goals recently published by The Joint Commission addresses a situation emergency medicine experts say is...

Patient navigators show the way to faster flow.
September 1, 2007... Patient navigators show the way to faster flow Phone liaison position expands to different ED areas The ED at Lutheran Medical Center (LMC) in Brooklyn, NY, has reduced its average door-to-doc time from more than two hours to 30...

New staff and a team approach boost morale.
September 1, 2007... New staff and a team approach boost morale Patient satisfaction numbers also climb higher New staff physicians, a reduced workload, and a team approach to department endeavors have not only improved morale in the ED at Samaritan...

$25 million available for preparedness grants.
September 1, 2007... $25 million available for preparedness grants The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is making $25 million for hospitals and other health care facilities via a competitive emergency care grant program that will focus on...

Vermont EDs acessing records of patients' meds.(emergency department, medications)
September 1, 2007... Vermont EDs acessing records of patients' meds Obtain history, even at first visit Two Vermont EDs have initiated a health information technology project that will enable their physicians and nurses to obtain accurate medication lists...

CNE/CME objectives/questions.
September 1, 2007... CNE/CME objectives *Apply new information about various approaches to ED management. *Discuss how developments in the regulatory arena apply to the ED setting. *Implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the...

Proposed OPPS changes for 2008 may threaten observation units.
September 1, 2007... Proposed OPPS changes for 2008 may threaten observation units Pay-for-observation services would disappear under 'wholesale' packaging For years now, the annual changes proposed in the outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rules...