Patient Flow Enewsletter
Volume 2, Issue 4
Thursday, August 11, 2005
In this Issue:
2005 Regional Conferences
Perfecting Patient Flow: Proven Solutions to ED Crowding
October 13-14, 2005 in Atlanta, GA
October 27-28, 2005 in Las Vegas, NV
Conference Sessions include:
- Improving ED Processes with Point of Care Testing
- Meeting the JCAHO Patient Flow Standard
- Building a New ED: Creating Your Field of Dreams
- Lead with Lean Workshop
- Methods to Improve the ED Process of Patients with ACS
Webinar Resources
Strategies to Improve Patient Flow and Reduce ED Crowding
All materials from the June 23 and July 14, 2005 webinars are now archived and available to download. Materials include audio recording, presentation slides, and follow-up Q&A.
The webinar presentataions include:
- Using ESI Triage v.4 to Optimize Flow
- Service Excellence: Delivering an ED Service Guarantee
- Maximizing Capacity: Take Control of the Admissions Process
- Maximizing Throughput: Smoothing the Elective Surgical Schedule
Patient Flow Benchmarking
How Does Your Hospital Compare?
During our recent webinars, we asked the audience to identify their a) average Door-to-Doctor time and b) average ED boarding time. 82% of hospitals had an average Door-to-Doctor time greater than 30 minutes, and over 50% of hospitals had an average ED boarding time of greater than 120 minutes.
Perspectives
Less Paper & Integrated Tracking Systems are the Future of Hospital Management
Hospitals nationwide are facing an epidemic of emergency department overcrowding. What do you do, however, when ambulance diversion is not an option because your hospital is across water and 30+ miles away from the closest neighboring facility? Katherine Ball, M.D., medical informatics specialist at Peninsula Regional Medical Center on the Delmarva Peninsula, explains how an integrated trackng system has not only helped efficiency in data sharing/exchange, but has helped the hospital win "most wired" of all rural U.S. hospitals for three years running.
Innovations
On a Scale of "1" to "99," How Overloaded is Your Emergency Department?
Once nicknamed "California's Golden Empire" during the gold and oil rushes of the 1800s, Kern County's population is still booming today. Its 10 emergency departments - most of which are located in the greater Bakersfield area - are so overloaded that they've earned the area a new nickname popular in certain physician circles. Russ Blind, senior EMS coordinator for the Kern County, explains why the area earned the nickname "Beirut of emergency department overload."
New Report
"Perfecting Patient Flow: America's Safety Net Hospitals and Emergency Department Crowding"
A new report commissioned by the National Association of Public Hospitals, "Perfecting Patient Flow: America's Safety Net Hospitals and Emergency Department Crowding," is now available. The report focuses on 3 hospital case studies and their patient flow improvement efforts.
