The book that shouldn’t have been written
For over 25 years, my colleagues and I have been developing and implementing an intervention “smoothing daily elective admissions”. The results have exceeded our wildest expectations. This intervention has been proven to be a prerequisite to reducing
· ED overcrowding https://lnkd.in/gHNpmhtX,
· Nursing shortage, https://lnkd.in/d2MmSYt and https://lnkd.in/eB7Aw4xA,
· Mortality https://lnkd.in/dENymtQP,
· Inequity https://lnkd.in/e-ku2MMh,
while improving hospital and outpatient clinic margins by millions for every organization that implemented it, e.g., https://lnkd.in/euCpsY4K
All these years, I was constantly being told that I am trying to swim against the current and wasting my time because surgeons wouldn’t ever agree to the surgical smoothing intervention https://lnkd.in/dENymtQP... and hospital C-suite would not agree either until the surgeons agree. This happens not to be true as surgeons and their patients are among the main beneficiaries of this intervention, and the smartest among them have realized this and initiated this intervention at their hospitals.
More recently, this intervention has been linked to the survivability of the ACA and election cycles:
· https://lnkd.in/ekBp5vX6
· https://lnkd.in/gjgBHSmi
This intervention and much more has been summarized in the new book by Mark Taylor that just became available on Amazon: https://lnkd.in/eEKyYJjX. It is based on dozens of interviews with physicians, nurses, surgeons, patient advocates, hospital and outpatient clinic CEOs, policy experts, healthcare IT leaders, etc. from the US, Canada, and the UK, covers almost all of my LinkedIn post placed during last 3-4 years. There’s an audio excerpt here: https://lnkd.in/eazuFxd7.
Full disclosure, I am not receiving any proceeds from this book. My and my colleagues’ only goal is to implement this intervention nationwide (and hopefully internationally), thereby saving many lives and millions of dollars. As you can see in the book, the intervention is a PREREQUISITE to reducing mortality, readmissions, ED overcrowding, nurse shortages, while improving hospital bottom line REGARDLESS TO WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING ALREADY. Sooner or later, with or without help from my colleagues and me, this will be implemented as there is no alternative. Later, however, means thousands lost lives and billions of dollars wasted. If I would've listened to those who recommended me to give up, this book would not have been written. I am glad I was and continue to be “stubborn” and I am lucky continuing to meet many hospital leaders who put patient-centeredness and success of their hospitals first.
Please, also be “stubborn” and read the Epilogue to this book that describes what each of us can and should do to save lives and our healthcare delivery.
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