HealthLeaders Media LIVE from Sharp Healthcare: The Pod ED
An ED optimized for flexibility, teamwork, and patient care
Presented on: September 29, 2016*
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To maximize efficiency within their Emergency Department, Sharp Healthcare, a San Diego-based health system, has built a pod module which has realigned the staffing structure to increase flexibility and teamwork. This new environment has fostered a more cohesive team approach, enabling them to execute a ‘quick care unit,’ perform hourly huddles to communicate about patient care, and make continual non-burdensome adjustments to enhance both the patient and staff experience.
This program provides a deep dive into how Sharp Healthcare’s ED model heightens availability and effectiveness of ED staff, reinforces accountability among certified roles, allows for a rapid and effective turnover of ‘treat and street’ patients, plus examines how constant re-evaluation of processes is not only needed, but is crucial to the continued success of the ED.
Register for this popular e-conference to:
- Examine the inner-workings of a pod module within the ED – and hear the first-hand account of how it led to increased flexibility, teamwork, and patient care.
- See how Sharp built hourly pod ‘huddles’ critical to effective team communication and improved patient care.
- Discover how Sharp implemented a quick care unit to streamline door-to-doc time with higher volumes of lower-acuity patient visits.
- Explore how Sharp implemented daily management to maintain the benefits of process improvement.
*This is a rebroadcast of the December event due to popular demand.
Learning Objectives
- Examine the inner-workings of a pod module within the ED – and hear the first-hand account of how it led to increased flexibility, teamwork, and patient care.
- See how Sharp built hourly pod ‘huddles’ critical to effective team communication and improved patient care.
- Discover how Sharp implemented quick care unit to streamline door-to-doc time with higher volumes of lower-acuity patient visits.
- Explore how Sharp implemented daily management to maintain the benefits of process improvement.
Speakers
- Charley Anderson Dean, Clinical Nurse, Emergency Services, Sharp Memorial Hospital
- Briony Dubose, RN, Clinical Lead Nurse, Emergency Department, Sharp Memorial Hospital
- Joshua McCabe, Manager, Emergency Services, Sharp Memorial Hospital
- Christopher Walker, Director, Emergency Services, Sharp Memorial Hospital
- Tim Watt, M.D., Medical Director, Emergency Department, Sharp Memorial Hospital
- Pamela Wells, RN, Chief Nursing Officer, Vice President - Patient Care Services, Sharp Healthcare
About the Host
Sharp Healthcare is a not-for-profit, integrated regional healthcare system in San Diego. The organization encompasses four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, two affiliated medical groups, and a health plan. The 2,100-bed network includes 16,000 personnel, 2,600 employed physicians, and more than 1,000 affiliated physicians.
