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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Improving Heart Care through Better Data and Communications
March 24, 2010 | Story
A multidisciplinary team redesigned Montefiore Medical Center's patient registration system to collect data on race, ethnicity and preferred language, and developed a procedure to provide faster treatment for heart attack patients.
A 36-Hospital Time and Motion Study
July 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This article examines the methodology and findings of a time and motion study to measure how nurses spend their time at work. The study suggests areas for improvement in terms of efficiencies and reveals the arduous nature of nursing practice.
Treating Patients More Quickly with RACE
August 11, 2009 | Story
The RACE project introduced a standardized process by which each participating hospital designates a reperfusion and triage strategy for STEMI patients to decrease door-to-balloon times for percutaneous coronary intervention.
Steps to Create the Optimal Nursing Unit
October 6, 2008 | Program Result Report
Investigators led a multisite study designed to explore how nurses use their time and whether the design of their workplace has an impact on patient care.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Safety Net Programs
January 1, 2006 | Book
In the absence of universal health insurance coverage, large numbers of low-income or disadvantaged Americans rely on safety net providers. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's safety net grantmaking has aimed at expanding access to health. This cha ...
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.