Case Study: 17,500 Volume ED Overcomes Provider Tension and Inefficient Operations

The Challenge

We were called to address poor performance metrics,unstable culture, and tension between physicians and nurses at this 10-bed, level 4 trauma center. The facility already had a great medical director in place, but he needed support to drive change.


“They come in and stabilize struggling ED teams. They know how to work with all members of the team from administration to all levels of clinicians to drive change.”
— Chief Medical Officer , Non-profit health system

The solution

Our team worked with the medical director and hospital administration to define department culture and metrics goals. We then turned to the clinical team to ensure we had clinicians in place who were rooted in the community and empowered to practice with a sense of purpose. We prioritized improving physician-nurse communication and implemented a real-time patient feedback process.

The RESULTS 

Within six months, these efforts resulted in: 

4% to 0.85%

DROP IN LWBS METRICS

28% reduction

IN LENGTH OF STAY 

9% to 6% reduction

IN TRANSFER RATE

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REDUCE TENSION AMONG CLINICAL TEAM MEMBERS AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY

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