ED's 'Pals' help put focus back on patients.
If your department's new electronic medical record is slowing down your patient flow and hindering staff communication, provide your physicians with interns from a local nursing school to handle the electronic charting and other documentation. Your ED will benefit from: * improved patient satisfaction scores, reduced left-without-being-seen (LWBS) rates, and faster throughput; * improved communication between physicians and nurses; * a steady supply of future nurses who are well versed in ED practices and the preferences of staff physicians.
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