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Members of the Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center (JFL) governing board, during a board meeting on Saturday, said JFL’s emergency room initiatives have greatly improved its efficiency and has decreased the “left-without-being-seen” rate.<\/p>\n

JFL’s emergency room services have long been a\u00a0point of contention for visitors, with many detailing countless hours waiting\u00a0to receive care. In fact, some residents have told VI Consortium<\/em>\u00a0they would rather not go to the hospital’s ER for that reason, while some who\u00a0opt\u00a0to go leave without being seen.<\/p>\n

But things are changing in JFL’s emergency department, hospital officials say.\u00a0Dr. Kendall Griffith, CEO, highlighted the changes, namely\u00a0the hiring of a nurse manager, redesigned portal of entry, and an increase in the number of skilled staff.<\/p>\n

“There have been several changes in the ED throughout the past several months, including the hiring of a highly qualified ED-trained nurse manager, development of the leadership team with increased supervision on the night shift, redesign of the portal of entry in the ED, and increased number of skilled staff,” Griffith said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n

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New registration booth at JFL<\/p><\/div>\n

He added: “Over the past few months, patient wait times are lower with 30 percent improvement on how quickly patients are being seen by nurses and physicians, and fewer patients are leaving without being seen by the nurses and physicians,” resulting in an overall reduction of 50 percent in ER wait times, Griffith said.<\/p>\n

Chief of Quality\u00a0Hazel P. Thomas said\u00a0there has been a “major focus” on the emergency department as her team works to revamp operations. She said the ‘left-without-being-seen’ rate fell to 4.1 percent in February, down from 20 percent in prior months, and additional efforts are underway to arrive at 3.5 percent by July.<\/p>\n

As part of its restructuring, the ER has opened three additional treatment rooms, enabling the movement of patients from the front end to the back end of the emergency department more frequently.<\/p>\n

VI Consortium<\/em> visited the ER to witness the improvements first-hand, speaking with Nurse Manager Francis Clouden, who provided a tour of the area and explained the new way business is being conducted.<\/p>\n

Clouden said\u00a0when patients enter the emergency room, the first person they see is the triage nurse for preregistration. Patients who come in with chest pain are administered an\u00a0electrocardiogram (EKG) test.\u00a0Once patients leave the EKG, they are brought back to the inside lobby for registration; however, Clouden said if the patient’s situation is acute, a JFL employee will accompany the patient to registration.<\/p>\n

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One of three additional treatment rooms in JFL’s ER<\/p><\/div>\n

VI Consortium<\/em> was taken to\u00a0the location of the additional treatment rooms and witnessed nurses tending to patients who, if the additional rooms were not available, would be at the front end of the ER awaiting their turn.<\/p>\n

“What we’ve done is we’re moving the patients inside, so now we’re going to see the patients in here,” she pointed out, which explained the reason for the front end of the emergency room being vacant for most of the half hour\u00a0VI<\/em> Consortium<\/em> visited the department.<\/p>\n

As for changes deeper within the ER where care is administered, operations remain the same, Clouden said.<\/p>\n

Even \u00a0so, Thomas said, work still needs to be done, one\u00a0of\u00a0which is the hospital getting the word\u00a0out to the public about its improvements.<\/p>\n

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Feature Image: Emergency Room workers at JFL.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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