Tag: bristol-hospital
Should ER Groups Use Locums? Passing the Baton in Connecticut
September 19th, 2012by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
One of the first issues an emergency medicine group must address when they take over a new Emergency Department is whether to employ temporary locums providers to staff the department. The pressure is on to staff up, and many groups use locums as a stop-gap until they have hired full-time emergency physicians. Other groups may […]
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Observation Medicine Coming to Shady Grove Adventist
September 11th, 2012by: Dr. Aaron Snyder
This Fall, we will help our partner Shady Grove Adventist Hospital launch an Observation Medicine Unit aimed at reducing one day admissions and re-admissions. Over $15 billion a year is spent each year on these types of hospital admissions. A majority of this money is spent on Medicare patients, and according to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission […]
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Culture Change in the Bristol Emergency Department
April 24th, 2012by: Dr. Noah Keller
After five months of helping to manage the emergency department at Bristol Hospital, it is tempting to talk about the various changes in the department – our metrics, efficiencies, ongoing efforts to improve throughput, or our relations with nursing, ancillary services, and other departments within the hospital. But I fall back on the one factor […]
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Observation Medicine Playing Bigger Role in the ER
April 20th, 2012by: Dr. Rob Flint
Traditional observation units often focus on chest pain and a few other diagnosis. But as the health care market continues to change, so has the need to decrease length of stay, decrease re-admissions, and streamline patent care. Accordingly, our Observation Services at Western Maryland Health System continues to grow. We have physically expanded from ten to […]
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Leading from the Front in a New Emergency Department
January 31st, 2012by: Dr. David Klein
I recently spent a week working clinically at our new hospital partner, Bristol Hospital, in Connecticut. I worked along many other experienced, seasoned physicians and leaders. In fact, nearly all of our group’s top leadership and senior partners have worked clinical shifts in the Emergency Department there in recent weeks. And “leading from the front,” so to […]
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After 20 Years in Emergency Medicine, The Worries and Tools I Take to a New ER
January 24th, 2012by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
When I completed my training nearly 20 years ago, I always wondered what type of emergency department I would work in. Two decades later I can say I’ve worked in a lot of different emergency departments, seven of them to be specific. They range from bustling suburban hospitals to small rural facilities to busy trauma […]
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