E-Newsletter Archives Volume 3

Volume 3, Issue 4
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Best Practices: Engaging Staff to Reduce ED Wait Times to 30 Minutes: Recognition, Rewards and Review of Data Energizes Chicago's Mount Sinai
Innovations: Going Electronic in the ED: Why Every ED Physician at Parkview Medical Center Now Has a PAL
Perspectives: Comparing Apples and Oranges in the ED: The Need for National Standards
Webinar Resources: Strategies to Improve Patient Flow and Reduce ED Crowding
Request for Best Practices: Do You Have a Best Practice to Share?

Volume 3, Issue 3
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Best Practices: Improving Patient Flow by Redesigning Care Management
Innovations: Helping Frequent Users of Emergency Departments Find Their Medical Home
Perspectives: Changing the Paradigm: Measuring Patient Flow Instead of Emergency Department Crowding
In the News: CDC & Center for Health Workforce Studies Reports
Webinar Resources: Strategies to Improve Patient Flow and Reduce ED Crowding
Request for Best Practices: Do you have a Best Practice to share?

Volume 3, Issue 2
Thursday, August 3, 2006

Innovations: Creating a 'Culture of Safety' in Maryland's Emergency Departments: A Profile of the Maryland Patient Safety Center & Its ED Collaborative
Perspectives: Interview with John Lumpkin, MD, MPH, on the recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report that cites America's Emergency Departments as "at the Breaking Point"
Responses to Your Questions: Shari Welch, MD, elaborates on "Using ED Dashboards and Real-Time Data to Improve Operational Efficiency"
New Report: IOM Report: "Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point"
Recently in the News: Report on Patient Flow and ED Crowding

Volume 3, Issue 1
Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Innovations: Pay-for-Performance at the Frontlines: Using Staff Incentives to Achieve Throughput Goals
Perspectives: Keeping Health Care Lean: Adapting Lean Principles for the Health Care Service Industry
New Report: Emergency Department Performance Measures: Creating Consistency in a Chaotic Environment
Recently in the News: Reports on Patient Flow and ED Crowding
From The Urgent Matters Team: Urgent Matters Welcomes Donna Sickler
Webinar Resources: 2005 and 2004 Materials are Now Available to Download