The potential is considerable, and the steps to realize it are achievable. If federal health leaders were to adopt a regional command center model, decreased patient wait times alone may justify the effort. From there, as with any tool, it’s a process of exploring the possible. The implemen...
HITH programs may allow for the re-allocation of beds to deal with wait times, and the provision of culturally appropriate care, while reducing iatrogenic complications, and public costs [5]. An evaluation of such programs should have multiple dimensions. The program must achieve quality patient ...
stigmatization that greatly expands the current understanding of stigmatization beyond individual practitioners' attitudes and knowledge and internal structures to incorporate structures external to hospitals, such as physician shortages within the community and the mandate of EDs to reduce ...
Early intervention and education are at the heart of each hospital’s programs and CCHF will share progress and impacts of the initiative on a regular basis. The programs aim to help children’s hospitals reduce patient wait times, create, an...