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Finding a Medical Career Off the Beaten Path
Read more: Finding a Medical Career Off the Beaten PathIt is not unusual for many young physicians to get into their chosen field of specialization in a major medical center only to find that the stress and lack of support that can come with such an environment leads to a feeling of being perpetually burned out and psychologically exhausted. The pressures of working in…
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Finding Meaning in your Medical Career
Read more: Finding Meaning in your Medical CareerWe have all had experiences with doctors who left us feeling uplifted and positive. These practitioners interact with everyone with warmth, wit, and charm and they are beloved by their patients and nurses alike. In one recent personal experience, I had the opportunity to interact with a young neurologist who exuded charm, compassion, and concern.…
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Creating Leaders Within Your Organization
Read more: Creating Leaders Within Your OrganizationEvery organization needs a cadre of empowered leaders, ideally everyone who work for the institution would be a leader even if this utopian vision is rarely accomplished in real life. So what constitutes a leader? How do you identify prospective leaders? A leader can be described as someone who is “self-moving” which means that their…
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Charting a Course for Your Career
Read more: Charting a Course for Your CareerA New Year brings a time of reflection and for many people it’s a time to look at what their goals are and how they plan to achieve them. Planning for your career is a smart thing to do. We all know that landing the first job is about luck and opportunity. Rising up the…
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Dr. Keri Gardner explores the importance of docs understanding that they can be the captain of their ER, but can’t do it all. Copy
Read more: Dr. Keri Gardner explores the importance of docs understanding that they can be the captain of their ER, but can’t do it all. CopyCaptains, Call for Help! By: Keri Gardner, MD, MPH, FACEP Keeping an ED running smoothly shouldn’t be a one person job. “Loneliness is the penalty of leadership….” -Ernest Shackleton Fresh out of residency, I headed for my first job in a community hospital in Los Angeles where the ED director gave me a pep…
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Dr. Keri Gardner explores the challenge when doctors and nurses clash over properly filing paperwork to avoid issues that derail teamwork.
Read more: Dr. Keri Gardner explores the challenge when doctors and nurses clash over properly filing paperwork to avoid issues that derail teamwork.Just as soon as you file that paperwork, Doc By: Keri Gardner, MD, MPH, FACEP Paperwork isn’t nearly as exciting as saving lives, but in order to set a consistent tone with RNs, Here is a case where problems with written orders led to a strained work environment for a trauma surgeon and an RN and…
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Mercy Allen Hospital in Ohio Recognized as Best Overall Emergency Department
Read more: Mercy Allen Hospital in Ohio Recognized as Best Overall Emergency DepartmentMercy Allen Hospital in Oberlin, Ohio, was recognized as being the Best Overall Emergency Department among NES’ partnership hospitals. As part of NES’ quality program, each emergency department is required to meet NES’ metrics that include a less than 20 minute door to physician time, less than 2% of patients left without being seen, a…
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St. Michael’s Medical Center
Read more: St. Michael’s Medical CenterLeadership accountability and team approach delivers a 90% improvement in overall metrics St. Michael’s Medical Center Leadership accountability and team approach delivers a 90% improvement in overall metrics
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Start Up Success
Read more: Start Up SuccessPosition your hospital for success with a collaborative partner Start Up Success Position your hospital for success with a collaborative partner
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Saint Michael’s Medical Center Recognized as Most Improved Emergency Department
Read more: Saint Michael’s Medical Center Recognized as Most Improved Emergency DepartmentSaint Michael’s Medical Center in New Jersey is recognized as having the most improved Emergency Department among all NES Health ED management, and physician staffing contracted hospitals. The award for the most improved emergency department is based on NES’ standard ED benchmarks metrics that affect patient care. Including the time to see a health…
