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Web Exclusive: Hospital Leaders Give Strategies to Remove ED Bottlenecks
Creative thinkers in emergency medicine described ideas to improve ED quality during the first HealthLeaders Media...
Magazine: Leadership: First, Get an Expert to Start ED Overhaul
A California hospital started with a Six Sigma expert, who then learned about healthcare and, with fresh eyes, turned...
Massachusetts ER policy passes checkup
A new Massachusetts policy requiring crowded hospital emergency rooms to accept all patients delivered by ambulance has...
Philadelphia hospital where man died faces heavy volume
The busy emergency room at Aria Health's Frankford campus in Philadelphia was on "divert" status for 121...
Death in Philadelphia ER spurs a plea for system reform
After a man who died while waiting to see a doctor in a Philadelphia emergency room, Puerto Rican civil rights...
Los Angeles County-USC hospital ordered to reduce ER wait times
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center has become too overcrowded to handle the expected surge of H1N1 flu patients in...
Web Exclusive: Many EDs Not Caring for Patients Fast Enough
A new study found that a mere 30% of EDs got the majority of their patients seen by a physician within recommended time...
CT-based Middlesex Hospital offers online clock that tells ER waiting times
Connecticut-based Middlesex Hospital has launched a new online "waiting time clock" for its three facilities in...
Sicker Patients Seeking Emergency Care
More patients who sought medical care at a declining number of California emergency rooms are a lot sicker, and...
Web Exclusive: ED Wait Times Drop Slightly, Patient Satisfaction Rises
Despite a recession and continued crowding, a new study shows that the average wait time in the nation's emergency...

Book: Critical Thinking in the Emergency Department:
This book is a new, easy-to-read resource that explains the principles behind critical thinking and how to encourage...
ED Overhaul: Reduce costs, improve quality, and increase satisfaction
Join HealthLeaders Media and top executives from Scripps Health, Tomball Regional Hospital, William Beaumont Hospital...