Stony Brook ED Consult Tracking Form
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
Stony Brook University Medical Center developed and implemented a standardized process with tracking and accountability for emergency department (ED) consult requests.
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Charted Door-to-Bed Process Flow Chart
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis improved door to bed, length of stay and patient satisfaction by reducing delays in ED triage and registration.
Boston Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
This strategy improves communication between hospital employees in the emergency department (ED) and patients by using scripts. All hospital employees in the ED were given scripts to use with patients, so that each patient received the same high lev ...
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Unused space in the hospital was converted into a holding unit for patients admitted to the hospital from the emergency department (ED). With admitted patients moved to the holding unit, the ED has more space to see new patients, which improves pati ...
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak Campus
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
In order to reduce the burden on the emergency department (ED) of admitted patients waiting for an inpatient bed, a medical admit unit was created. In the medical admit unit, which is located in the ED, patients receive care from inpatient doctors, ...
John Muir Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
A Mobile Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) placed in the hospital’s parking lot offers a creative solution to the problem of a lack of space for a CDU. Creating this space for the CDU allows patients in need of observation to be moved out of the ED.
Cape Canaveral Hospital
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Patient tracking systems are used in hospitals to streamline the processes of care for patients in the emergency department. These systems can track patient flow, provide tools to clinicians for better decision-making, cut wait times and ultimately ...
John Muir Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
A Quick Fix Committee was implemented to identify issues in the emergency department related to patient flow and ED crowding and consequently implement and monitor changes to address these issues. To enhance efficiency and effectiveness, the Quick F ...
John Muir Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site John Muir Medical Center made several changes to its triage process in order to accelerate ED intake. These changes focused on three initiatives: direct-to-bed, mini-triage and mini-registration. These initia ...
Boston Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Boston Medical Center worked with the bed cleaning contractors at the hospital to reduce the bed turnaround time.