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Reducing Turnaround Time for Fast Track Emergency Department (ED) Patients

June 4, 2008 | Story

To improve the efficiency and decrease the waiting time in the ED, Grady Health System implemented a "Fast Track" service to allow patients with acute but non-life-threatening conditions to be treated more quickly and then released.

Improving Emergency Department (ED) Flow With a Care Management Unit (CMU)

June 4, 2008 | Story

In the first year, 1,200 patients were treated in the CMU. Of those patients, 85 percent went home following treatment and only 15 percent were admitted.

WellPoint, Inc.: Georgia Telemedicine Diabetes Education Project (GPTH): Using Proxy Methodologies to Locate High Opportunity Areas

September 5, 2008 | Toolkit/Story

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Gwinnett Medical Center

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 ...

Milledgeville, Ga.

January 11, 2010 | Story

Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national intiative to prevent obesity.

Cook County, Ga.

January 11, 2010 | Story

Community is among 50 sites making critical changes through national initiative to prevent obesity.

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