Tag: hospitalists

Taking Provider-in-Triage Efficiencies to the Next Level with Collaborative Focus on Appropriate Timely Discharges and Admissions

October 21st, 2020
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Many emergency departments do not focus resources on lobby triage. This is due, in part, to a misconception that the most influential patient entry point is ED traffic from EMS. This perspective results in strong team members and efficiency and quality strategies being allocated outside of lobby triage. In this post, former VEP Healthcare Chief […]

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Posted in Future of Healthcare, Hospitalist Medicine, Life in the ER, Patient Satisfaction

USACS Partner Plays Crucial Role in Staffing L.A. Area COVID-19 Surge Hospital

August 3rd, 2020
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This Spring, in response to the surging volume of COVID-19 patients, the State of California opted to open a Los Angeles Surge Hospital (LASH). The state selected Dignity Health, in partnership with Kaiser, to set up the hospital. VEP Healthcare (VEP)–now part of US Acute Care Solutions–was selected to provide the physician staffing and management […]

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Posted in Hospital Partnership, Hospitalist Medicine

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

Twenty Years of Change and the “View from the Box”

December 23rd, 2011
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Once, a really long time ago, before blogs if you can conceive of such a time, I embarked on a part-time writing career. My subject matter was the parade of frailty, the courage and the just plain bizarre that were to be found daily – hourly – in the ER. My first collection of essays […]

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Posted in Life in the ER

Doctors are Ready to Cut Costs – But Are Patients?

November 28th, 2011
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USA Today this week published another story on the continuing theme of innovative health systems and physician leaders who are finding big cost savings while providing better patient care. I know most if not all physicians are interested in providing more cost-effective care, but a recent encounter in the ER led me to wonder whether […]

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Posted in Future of Healthcare, Life in the ER