How a clinical coordinator improved emergency care.
A clinical ward coordinator role was developed within an emergency admissions ward. The aim was to reduce each patient's length of stay on the admissions ward and the waiting time for a bed in the emergency areas.
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Emergency Admissions Ward, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
Lees
Liz
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