Name: No More Lethal Waits: 10 Steps to Transform Canada's Emergency Departments, Paperback/Shawn Whatley
Brand: BPS Books
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"No More Lethal Waits" is a concise and compelling step-by-step guide to transform emergency departments in Canada and anywhere patients wait unconscionable times for their needs to be met. Dr. Shawn Whatley - who knows whereof he speaks, having led and participated in radical change to a large emergency department - summarizes the steps as: 1. Revamp Triage. 2. Close the Waiting Room. 3. Redefine Nurse-to-Patient Ratios. 4. Use Chairs and Exam Tables, Not Stretchers. 5. Change Scheduling to Meet Patient Needs More Efficiently. 6. Give MDs Responsibility for Flow and Hire Patient Navigators. 7. Use Real-Time Data and Adopt a Full Capacity Protocol. 8. Expect Resistance and Prepare for It. 9. Build on Solid Leadership Principles. 10. Get Political. ..".Dr. Shawn Whatley is a revolutionary medical systems thinker." -COLIN LESLIE, Editor-in-Chief, "The Medical Post" "A call to administrators and nursing and physician leaders alike...Damn the torpedoes and do the right thing for patients." -GRANT INNES, MD, Founding Editor-in-Chief of "Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine" ..".will ...return pride and joy back to emergency medicine." -MARKO DUIC, MD, Chief, Department of Emergency Medicine, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario "For the courageous, this book promises to spark discussion; it is a must read for everyone involved in emergency care." -CHRIS SIMPSON, MD, Chair, Wait Time Alliance, 2014-2015 President, Canadian Medical Association ..".poses, presses, a