Apr 17, 2019
Emergency department (ED) workers are frequently targets of violence. One recent study showed that 55 percent of ED nurses experienced physical violence and/or verbal abuse from a patient or a visitor over a single one-week period. PCTs, security, technologists,...
Apr 16, 2019
A visit to a hospital emergency department (ED) can be frightening, overwhelming, and confusing. Helping patients navigate the experience and providing them timely information can improve the patient experience. More than half of inpatients enter the hospital via the...
Apr 15, 2019
Is your emergency department overcrowded? Are people leaving without being seen? Are patients who have been admitted being boarded in the ED, awaiting beds? Do patients repeatedly return to the ED for healthcare? Overcrowding in hospital emergency departments is a...
Oct 12, 2018
Aimed at restructuring New York’s healthcare system to reduce avoidable hospital use by 25 percent over five years, the Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) has shown measurable progress. At the close of DSRIP’s third year, preventable readmissions were...
Feb 11, 2017
The New York State Department of Health has released two new videos featuring New York State Medicaid Director Jason Helgerson in its DSRIP Whiteboard series, “Myths and Facts of Value Based Payment Reform” and “DSRIP: Looking Ahead to 2017.” In the second video,...
Jan 13, 2017
The new year brings with it many challenges for healthcare providers. Some are familiar, while others are a result of the new administration that is about to be inaugurated in Washington. DC. To help us prepare, Labor Management Project co-directors Bernadette Braddy...
