April 28, 2005
Bulletin:
Premier audio conference: "Achieving Clinical and Operational Excellence in the
Emergency Department"
Premier invites you to participate in a monthly audio conference series, Advisor Live, featuring important healthcare measurement information. There is no charge for this program.
The next program is May 4, from 2-3 p.m. (Eastern): Achieving Clinical and Operational Excellence in the Emergency Department (ED). An interview with our speakers will describe:
- Why the ED is an important focal point for performance improvement;
- Definition of ED throughput with examples
- Overcrowding issues
- Best practices for triage and registration
- Handling psychiatric patients
- Benchmarking metrics
- Technology breakthroughs
- Incentives for medical staff
The program will feature an interview with Linda VanTuyle, a Principal of Clinical Consulting with Premier's Advisory Services and Karen Lindell, Emergency Department Director, Hardin Memorial Hospital (Elizabethtown, KY).
A live recording and handouts will be available at no charge for this program and previous Advisor Live audio conferences on topics including:
- IHI’s 100,000 Lives Campaign
- Public reporting and quality measurement
- Performance dashboards: outcomes, satisfaction, and cost
- Physician engagement
- Labor management for quality, safety, and efficiency
- Automated incident/error reporting and root cause analysis
Register now for the May 4, 2005 program
as space is limited.
Additional information about this and previous programs, the audio recordings
and on-line registration are available at:
https://premierinc.com/all/informatics/
education/advisorlive.jsp
This bulletin is a service of Premier Safety Share.
Please forward this time-sensitive information to interested colleagues.
