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10 Ways an Intensivist Service Can Save Your Hospital Money

John Fredericks, MD

Tools for Enhancing Provider-Patient Communication in the ED

Gregg Miller, MD

Anesthesiologists and Emergency Physicians Team Up to Improve for Hip Fracture Care

Gary Li, MD

Dedicated Psychiatric Emergency Services Reduce the Need for Inpatient Hospitalizations

Scott Zeller, MD

Making Fast Track ... Fast

Mercy San Juan Medical Center,

Implementation of Nurse-Initiated Pain Protocol in Improving Time-to-Pain Treatment for Long Bone Fracture

Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center,

The Surge Plan: Improving Emergency Department Overcrowding

Desert Regional Medical Center,

Integrated Clinical Pathways Improve Management of Chronic Disease Patients

Ryan Shanahan, MD Kabir Yousuf, MD Samit Desai, MD

No Way! These ED Clinical Leaders Actually Make Quality Fun

Zachary Tebb, MD

Making Integration Meaningful

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

How to Boost Your Hospital’s Surgical Services Integration Efforts

Shale Imeson, MD

Have Hospitals Outgrown the Holding Orders Controversy?

Gregg Miller, MD

How to Get Providers Involved in Advance Care Planning

Shauna Conry, MD

Community Paramedicine: Bridging the Gaps in Healthcare Delivery

Michael Sequeira, MD, FACEP

Stemming the Tide of Hospital Readmissions from SNFs

Jon Falck, MD Benjamin Frizner, MD Samit Desai, MD

We're Great: Why Tribal Culture Matters in Hospitals

Scott Lopata, MD

On-Site Medical Director Transforms Long-Term Acute Care

Benjamin Frizner, MD

How the Perioperative Surgical Home Model Can Improve Your Hospital's Market Share

Craig Berlinberg, MD

Patients Win With Hospitalists, Emergency Physicians on the Same Team

Savoy Brummer, MD Joshua Niebruegge, MD

Telemedicine: A Valuable Tool to Manage Care

Andrea Kamenca, MBA

Healthcare Leaders Send Powerful Message About the Value of Care Coordination

Meeting the Growing Demand for Emergency Care: What Can Hospitals Do?

Prentice Tom, MD Joshua Tamayo-Sarver, MD, PhD

One Provider's Professional Journey through the Acute Care Continuum

Rachel Berros, PA-C

On-Site Medical Director Transforms Long-Term Acute Care (1)

Benjamin Frizner, MD

EDs Blaze New Trails in Population Health Management

Scott Lopata, MD

Mindful Palliative Care Puts a Human Face on Dying

Anne Bruce,

Your Clinical Communications Strategy: 5 Factors to Consider

Sanjeev Gupta, MS

Closed for Sat: Acting on the ED Diversion Dilemma

Marlene Vermeer, RN, BAN, CEN Efren Grospe, RN, BSN, CEN

Improving Patient Throughput with ED Provider and Hospitalist Collaboration

Quantifying Improvement of ED-Hospitalist Handoffs by Utilizing ED Scribes at Madera Community Hospital

Ali Atabbi, Kenny Paolinelli,

Improved Care Coordination And Throughput

Andrew J. Smith, Kimberly Lopez, RN, MSN

7 Habits of Highly Successful CINs

Wade C. Fox, DO

The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Telemedicine

Theo Koury, MD

Anesthesia’s Role in the Acute Care Continuum

Peter Nosé, MD

Obamacare: Like We Expected?

Phil Piccinini, MD

An Accountable Care Model for the ED

Wade C. Fox, DO

2 Potential Missteps in Population Health Management That We Still Have Time to Avoid

Gail Silver, MD

2015 — Vituity New Year’s Resolutions

Emergency Physicians’ Advocacy Makes a Difference for Mental Health Patients

Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM Seth Thomas, MD Kendrick Johnson, MD

Urgent Care Centers Prepared for Key Role in Ebola Response

Bonnie Carl, RN, MBA

Don't Let an Ebola Scare Cripple Your ED

Gregg Miller, MD

A Lean Team Transformation to Improve Patient Satisfaction

El Camino Hospital,

Hospitals Share Innovative Solutions to New ED Core Measures

Pamela McCord, BSN, MBA

The Role of Urgent Care in Population Health Management

Bonnie Carl, RN, MBA

How Providers Can Prepare for Population Management

Jeff Bass, MD

Hospitals Hedge Their Bets by Purchasing Physician Practices

Martin Ogle, MD, FACEP Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

Reform Rekindles Hospitals' Interest in Multispecialty Groups

Rodolfo "Rudy" Zaragoza, MD

Investment in Transitional Care Pays Off for Busy ED

Hubert Wong, MD

Empowering Patients: The Benefits of Palliative Care in the ED

Rob Hamilton, MD, FAAEM

Front-End "Thriage" Helps Prevent ED Three-Ring Circus

Andrew J. Smith, Karrar H. Ali, DO, MPH

ED Throughput Collaborative Saves Patients a Decade of Waiting

Nancy Carlson, RN, MBA

Are You Mindful of Your ED’s Team Performance? Maybe You Should Be. (Part 1 of 2)

Anne Bruce,

Choosing Wisely: How the Wrong Independent Physician Group Can Cost Your Hospital

Savoy Brummer, MD Denise Brown, MD

It's Not Too Early to Gear Up for ED CAHPS

Tiffany Hackett, MD, MBA

Is Maryland's Hospital Spending Experiment the Future of Healthcare?

Pascal Crosley, DO

Baby Boomers and the Continuum of Care: We Know the Past, but What Is the Future?

Bonny Sorensen,

Lean Healthcare: A Long Journey Worth Taking

Do Kim, MBA

News Updates — The Changing Roles of Hospitals and Physicians

Reducing Readmissions: How Engaging Front-Line Providers Can Enhance Improvement Efforts

Courtenay Kohlman, RN, BSN

Nurse-Physician Collaboration: A Cornerstone of Quality

Kathleen Van Slyke, RN, MSN

The Importance of Palliative Care in the Acute Care Continuum

Sabiha Pasha, MD

Addressing Social Determinants of Health in the Emergency Department

Beena Patel, DrPH, MPH

Palliative Care: A Key to the Future of Healthcare

Bonny Sorensen,

More Hospitals Taking a Collaborative Approach to SNF Integration

Andrew J. Smith,

5 Stories That Changed Acute Care Forever in 2013

Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

Becoming the Change: The Crucial Importance of Adaptability in Medicine

Jeff Bass, MD

Schooled in Suspicion? How Medical Education Contributes to a "Silo" Mentality

Rob Hamilton, MD, FAAEM

Kindness and Caring: The Universal Language of Patient Satisfaction

Bonnie Carl, RN, MBA

The Myth of the Preventable Emergency Visit

Thomas Sugarman, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

Transitions of Care: It's All About the Patient

Michael Sequeira, MD, FACEP

The Unintended Consequences of Observation Units

Matt Sartain, MBA

Eliminating the Patient Care "Silo Mentality" in Hospitals

John Fredericks, MD

Emergency Physicians Are from Mars, Hospitalists Are from Venus

Matthew Stilson, MD

Hospital Readmissions and the Long-Term Care Revolving Door

Bonny Sorensen,

Transitional Care: Connecting the Dots of the Acute Care Continuum

Chris Clark, MPA, PA-C

News Updates — Medicare Regulations and Reimbursements

Pros and Cons of Observation Units: Are They Right for Your Hospital?

Turnaround Time to Admission: Strike While the Iron is Hot

Hartwell Lin, MD

News Updates – Looking for Solutions Across the Acute Care Continuum

Building Trust Between the ED and Hospitalists: Just Identify The Right Stuff

Mark Alderdice, MD, FACEP

The Acute Care Continuum Featured as a Future Solution

Today's County Hospital Could Be A View into the Future (and That's a Good Thing)

Al'ai Alvarez, MD

The Inpatient Sneezes and the ED Gets Pneumonia

Michael L. Harrington, MBA, MA

The Sounds of Jazz Coming from the Hospital

Imamu Tomlinson, MD, MBA

Building Continuity in a Continuum

Amina Martel, MD

Anticipating Acute and Post-Acute Care Needs

Josh Sheridan, MD, MS

Who Will Provide All of the Primary Care?

Ellis Weeker, MD, FACEP

Triage Out

Brian Bearie, MD

Shirts and Skins: The Bump Rule (Part 2 of 2)

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Shirts, Skins, and Transitions of Care (Part 1 of 2)

Wesley Fields, MD, FACEP

Avoiding Paralysis in the Acute Care Continuum

Mark Talavera, MD

The Flu, Emergency Department Surge and the Acute Care Continuum

Prentice Tom, MD

Every Patient, Every Shift, Every Site

John Fredericks, MD

Transitioning to a Perfect Virtual Business Partnership

Wesley Curry, MD, FACEP

Observations on the Observation Unit (Part 2 of 2)

Amina Martel, MD

Observations on a $3 Billion Healthcare Solution (Part 1 of 2)

Amina Martel, MD

Departments Begin Palling Around on Palliative Care

Denise Brown, MD

Putting Teamwork to the Test

Phillip Silverstein, MD

The Discharge Dilemma – Keeping Patients Well When They Only Understand a Third of What You Said

True McMahan, MD