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Volume 1, Issue 8

Conference Materials: Perfecting Patient Flow: Proven Solutions to ED Crowding
Best Practices: Creating an Award-Winning ED
Innovations: Urgent and Emergent Surgeries: Creating Non-block Scheduling to Increase Volume, Revenue, and Surgeon Satisfaction
Site Interview: Bursting at the Seams: Success Factors for Improving Hospital Patient Flow

Volume 1, Issue 7

Program Updates: Next Webinar: Improving Patient Flow and Reducing ED Crowding: Findings from 10 Hospitals
White Paper: Bursting at the Seams: Improving Patient Flow to Help America's Hospitals
Perspective: Measurement and Accountability: Medical Staff Is Key to Relieving Hospital Capacity Problems
Best Practices: Centralized Order Entry Initiative Improves Emergency Department Patient Throughput
Site Interview: HHS' Tom Barker on Implementing EMTALA Regulations and Its Impact on ED Crowding

Volume 1, Issue 6

Program Updates: Webinars: Improving Patient Flow and Reducing ED Crowding: Findings from 10 Hospitals
Best Practices: East Meets West: How BryanLGH Worked Together to Solve ED Flow Problems
Site Interview: San Antonio's Efforts to Engage the Community in Improving Health Care
Perspective: Walking a Tightrope: Assessing the State of the Safety Net in 10 U.S. Communities

Volume 1, Issue 5

Program Updates: Safety Net Assessments in 10 US Communities
Program Updates: Improving Patient Flow and Reducing ED Crowding: Findings from 10 Hospitals
Best Practices: Comprehensive Diversion Reduction Plan Improves Efficiency in Hospital Discharges
Site Interview: Coleen Seng, Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska on Lincoln's Efforts to Develop a 'Blueprint' for Improving Health Care
Survey Results: Six in 10 E-Newsletter Survey Respondents Cite Patient Flow as Number One Priority for Addressing ED Crowding
Innovations: http://www.alabardero.com/

Volume 1, Issue 4

Perspectives: Adopt a Boarder
Survey
Best Practices: Rapid Cycle Change Increases ED Capacity
Site Interview: Dr. Benjamin Chu, president of New York Health and Hospitals Corporation, on How Technology is Reaching Diverse Communities
Innovations: Reducing ED Boarder Hours and Volume by Engaging Non-ED Staff

Volume 1, Issue 3

Perspectives: Mandatory Staffing Ratios and EDs in California
Best Practices: The Tech Advantage: Using IT To Improve Patient Flow
Site Interview: California Endowment's Robert Ross on San Diego's Safety Net Challenges
Innovations: Unclogging the ED by Carving Out Space for a New Unit

Volume 1, Issue 2

Perspectives: Overcrowded ED's: More Than a Social Problem
Best Practices: Discharge Resource Room Helps Cut ED Throughput Time in Half
Site Interview: Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher on Strengthening Atlanta's Safety Net
Innovations: Making Room in the ED by Starting with . . . Elective Surgery?

Volume 1, Issue 1

Perspectives: It's Time to Share Tools to Mend the Safety Net
Best Practices: 10 Hospitals Test Strategies to Improve Patient Flow and Reduce Emergency Department Crowding
Site Interview: Gail Warden on Detroit's Plans to Overhaul Health Delivery
Innovations: Achieving Better Patient Care with Supply Management Technology