Tag: practice-management

After 20 Years in Emergency Medicine, The Worries and Tools I Take to a New ER

January 24th, 2012
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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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Posted in Life in the ER, Quality Efficiency Utilization

When an Emergency Room Gets New Management, Relationships Come First

January 20th, 2012
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It’s no big surprise that there is anxiety when a new management group takes over an Emergency Department. The question is, what can our group do to effectively confront that anxiety? At midnight on December 31st, 2011, our group took over management of the emergency room at Bristol Hospital. The previous group had managed the ER there […]

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Posted in Hospital Partnership, Leadership, Life in the ER