The article focuses on the steps taken by the Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia, Georgia to reduce the average length of stay by patients in its emergency department. The organization adopted lean management techniques, and in the first quarter of 2007, the average length of stay fell ...
In case of an emergency, residents will have to travel roughly 30 miles — to Vidalia, Dublin or Eastman — to get care, Lewis said. Since 2000, eight rural hospitals have closed in Georgia. “If we don’t come up with an emergency remedy for rural hospitals, we could see the closure...