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September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The rapid entry process involves integrating technology into hospital routines and implementing complementary changes in staff culture. As part of the process, patients undergo a quick electronic registration ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital developed a comprehensive diversion reduction plan to improve efficiency of hospital discharges and identified a team of individuals to oversee implementation of the plan. The plan sets guideline ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Memorial Regional Hospital developed Code Heart to streamline cardiac care for heart attack patients requiring PCI through the collaborative efforts of physicians, nurses, emergency medical technicians and other team members.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
John F. Kennedy Medical Center changed the triage and registration process to create a more fluid, non-linear design for patient care.
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital created protocols for patients with common complaints so that tests could be started for these patients while they were waiting to see a physician. This strategy uses previously wasted time in th ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital implemented a discharge resource room (DRR) in order to free inpatient space for emergency department (ED) patients. Patients are moved to the ground floor DRR when they are ready to leave the ho ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site Under the Full Capacity Protocol, when the emergency department (ED) is no longer able to evaluate and treat patients in a timely fashion due to lack of space, patients awaiting admission are transferred to a ...
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site TeleTracking is a bed tracking technology that allows a patient logistics coordinator to monitor all hospital beds from a central command center in order to maximize patient flow and reduce patient wait times ...
December 1, 2006 | Program Result Report
Baylor College of Medicine collected information on emergency department pediatric asthma visits and studied the impact of an intervention to educate ED pediatric asthma patients and parents in managing the disease.