"Chaos in the emergency department is common. How to fix it is not always clear. Mary P. Mercer, MD, MPH, from the University of California, San Francisco, discusses how they successfully fixed their long dwell times at the emergency department at San Francisco General Hospital. Their solution was to create a fast-track unit that managed low-acuity patients separately from the rest of the emergency department cases. The most important aspect of this quality improvement effort was the ongoing and regular engagement of executives from the medical center with frontline staff."
Staff and leaders in the emergency department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, a Catalysis Healthcare Value Member, discuss how they addressed a common problem in emergency departments across the country.
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