title: Is your patient throughput sending out an SOS?
abstract: Three underlying principles are critical to achieving permanent improvements in patient throughput: Objective assessment and leadership buy-in. Multiple and collaborative improvement approaches. Recognition and ongoing monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Advisory Services, Ernst & Young LLP, Dallas, USA. jimmy.mclarty@ey.com
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McLarty
authors.forename: Lori
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jeffers
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007857:Leadership; D010346:Patient Care Management / Q000458:organization & administration*