Browsing the archives for the throughput category

Call Now to Reserve Your Spot in the E.R.

Emergency Rooms are piloting online reservation systems to avoid the wait.

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1st Gear Weekends

Why do hospitals, unlike, say, airlines, slow down so much on the weekends?

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3 Comments Posted in advocacy, health care reform, hospital care, humor, medical education, medical innovation, patient experience, patient safety, throughput
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One Way Ticket

Something happened on my job that I’d only read about before. Working in the hospital this month, my team has been caring for Mr. M. He was here when we started on service at the beginning of the month, and unless his planned transfer to another facility goes through, he’ll be here when we sign [...]

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Push or Pull?

Chances are if you’ve never been admitted to a hospital, you know someone that has.  If that admission was unplanned, you likely waited a long time in the ER before you or your friend/loved one was transported up to the hospital floor. If hotels ran like hospitals, they’d run themselves out of business.  Imagine the desk [...]

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