Free Webinar Shows How to Effectively Handle Spikes in Emergency Department Volume

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Mar 08, 2010, 01:39 ET

ELM GROVE, Wis., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Mark Brodeur, Senior Vice President at Compirion Healthcare Solutions, is hosting a new webinar on Preparing Your Emergency Department for Patient Volume Spikes. The 45-minute webinar is based on actual events that happened last fall at East Texas Medical Center in Athens, Texas. In October, ETMC Athens experienced a 42% spike in Emergency Department volume, due to publicity of the H1N1 virus. The hospital was near the epicenter of the pandemic, where other area hospitals were setting up tents in their parking lots to handle the overflow. In contrast, ETMC Athens was able to comfortably absorb the extra volume and improve overall quality of care at the same time. In this webinar, Brodeur explains what the hospital staff did to accomplish that and shows how the process evolved through a series of charts pulled from hospital data. Preparing Your Emergency Department for Patient Volume Spikes premieres Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm CDT. Additional dates and times, along with registration information, can be found at the website www.compirion.com. This free webinar specifically speaks to hospital CEOs, CFOs, COOs, CNOs and Emergency Department Directors.

ABOUT MARK BRODEUR

Preparing Your Emergency Department for Patient Volume Spikes is being presented by Mark Brodeur, FACHE and Senior Vice President at Compirion Healthcare Solutions. Before joining Compirion, Brodeur held the prestigious positions of Chief Executive Officer at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City, Missouri, and Interim Hospital Administrator at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. As a CEO, Brodeur has compiled a track record of significant improvements to his hospitals by strengthening their financial performance, growing services and redeveloping a mission-driven culture. Brodeur is also author of the blog Quality First, Finances Follow, which talks CEO-to-CEO about the real-world issues faced by hospitals trying to improve operational performance.

Preparing Your Emergency Department for Patient Volume Spikes is the eleventh in a series of free webinars being offered to help educate hospital executives, managers and clinicians in strategies for optimizing processes and procedures. Compirion's presenters are drawn from its pool of healthcare consultants, which includes registered nurses, former C-level executives, physicians, business managers and clinicians. The webinars average about 45 minutes each, with a question-and-answer session at the end.

About Compirion Healthcare Solutions

Compirion Healthcare Solutions, LLC is based in Elm Grove, Wisconsin. Compirion is a leader in healthcare consulting firms, focusing on hospital process improvement. Compirion works onsite, using a team approach, and offers a money-back guarantee that all goals are met. Client hospitals show sustainable performance improvements in Billable Volume, Patient Satisfaction, Core Measures, Length of Stay, Bed Control, Case Management, Patient Throughput and Staff Retention. Its experience includes Emergency Room, Surgical Services, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, Materials Management, Inpatient, Outpatient and Nursing Care improvement projects. Compirion contracts only for measurable outcomes to help achieve patient satisfaction, staff loyalty and a better bottom line.