Optimizing ED Operations - 32nd Annual EM & Acute Care Course

Explore strategies for optimizing emergency department operations in this comprehensive lecture from the 32nd Annual EM & Acute Care Course. Delve into a wide range of topics including staffing flexibility, psychiatric care, patient flow, and interdepartmental collaboration. Learn about innovative approaches such as flexible scheduling, partnership longboarding, and the use of pet teams. Examine the challenges of behavioral and adolescent psychiatry, suicide prevention, and managing undifferentiated agitation. Discover techniques for improving efficiency, including streamlining admission processes, managing overcrowding, and optimizing lab repetitions. Gain insights into legal considerations, pressure management, and the role of various healthcare professionals in emergency care. Drawing from the Emergency Medical Abstracts database and faculty expertise, this presentation offers specific recommendations for enhancing diagnosis and therapy in emergency medicine.

Intro
Oral Contrast
The Doc on Call
Second Doc
Flexible Scheduling
Partnership Longboard
variability in staffing
Germany
Behavioral Psychiatry
Adolescent Psychiatry
Pet Teams
Title of Job
Suicide Laws
Cute Undifferentiated Agitation
Not 5150
Residency
Psych
Nonmedical
Social Work
Nursing Homes
Transfer Agreement
Nursing Home
Report Delay
Calling Down discharges
Overcrowding
Changing Default Position
Hospitalist Group
Emergency Department
Repeat Labs
Admitting
Legal Cases
Pressure
Inpatient Services
Academic Center
The Family
SOU
House Officer
MidLevel
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