Hospital Access Management – April 1, 2006
April 1, 2006
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Use latest technology, creative thinking to tackle challenges of ED overcrowding
With a recent study highlighting the lack of surge capacity in the nation's emergency departments (EDs) and concerns about how health care facilities would respond in the event of pandemic flu,... -
Empowering staff creates ED throughput solutions
One of the most effective strategies for enhancing ED throughput at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem,NC, ... -
Assess patient flow; Use data to improve
patient flow standards of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) ... -
Training puts team leaders on same page with project
With eight design teams set to participate in a wide-ranging revenue cycle initiative at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center in Little Rock, ... -
Charter promotes clarity, focus to project teams
Each team participating in the ELVIS Project at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Medical Center will have a charter defining the team's mission, scope of operation, objectives, and time frames. -
Patients embrace use of kiosks for check-in
In implementing self-service kiosks, the first of two Providence Health System initiatives aimed at improving revenue cycle and patient satisfaction scores, ... -
'Patients First' initiative has access component
The voluntary posting by Massachusetts hospitals of their staffing plans - a first-in-the-nation initiative - has sparked "wonderful feedback" on what the effort has meant to patients and hospitals,... -
News Briefs
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will establish a stronger set of communications capabilities to ensure timely and accurate awareness of conditions and events unfolding during a disaster, ...