Tag: ed-efficiency

Have You Observed Your Clinical Decision Unit Lately?

August 17th, 2017
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Better collaboration between the ED and hospitalists. A more satisfying patient experience. The majority of admissions discharged home. Shorter lengths of stay. These are the results being achieved at hospitals nationwide thanks to the advantages provided by our Clinical Decision Unit (CDU). A well-run CDU speeds patient turnaround and improves throughput. Patients move out of the […]

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Posted in General, Life in the ER, Patient Satisfaction

What Will the Coming Decade In Healthcare Look Like?

January 10th, 2010
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As we welcome a new decade, I’ve been thinking a lot about perspective. This past decade has been marked by terrorism at home and abroad, economic recession, home foreclosures, H1N1, regime changes, and more. Not a very upbeat decade, as decades go. Ronald Reagan spoke of that bright shining city on a hill and challenged […]

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Posted in Future of Healthcare, Life in the ER