Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on Sheridan Healthcare’s website.
In today’s value-based care environment, healthcare providers are feeling the urgency of finding better ways to improve their processes and communications. The problems caused by inefficient processes and poor communication are magnified exponentially in emergency departments (EDs) because of the high patient volume and high proportion of patients needing urgent care. Sheridan physicians have already implemented innovative ED process and communication improvements that have improved patient care, cleared ED bottlenecks, dramatically lowered “left before being seen” rates and increased patient satisfaction. In 2015, the organization launched an annual Innovate Emergency Medicine (iEM) conference to bring Sheridan physicians together to share best practices throughout its partner hospitals and to engage doctors collaboratively to explore further innovation in emergency medicine.
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