Tag: frederick-memorial-hospital

Change at Frederick Memorial Hospital, or, Looking for Brown Ferns

September 17th, 2013
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The last time our emergency medicine group took over management of a new emergency department, at Bristol Hospital in Connecticut, my colleague Noah Keller wrote a post about how we try to instill our unique brand of company culture within the first days and weeks of taking over. Rather than memorizing protocols, we are memorizing people’s names, he […]

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Posted in Leadership, Life in the ER

Level-of-Care Process Management: Getting it Right the First Time

September 12th, 2013
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New regulations stemming from the Affordable Care Act and the associated push toward determining the appropriate level-of-care for patients have changed the way in which hospitals utilize resources to make this determination. Managing this process involves getting the determination of level of care early in the decision making process and performing frequent evaluations to determine […]

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Posted in Hospital Partnership