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EmEx awards the Emergency Medicine Center of Excellence(TM), the firstnational designation to recognize emergency departments delivering superioremergency care. This designation is based on the results of over one hundredKey Performance Indicators, each linked to seven Pillars of Excellence(Safety, Satisfaction, Space, Staff, Support, Systems, and Solvency). The EmExteam performs detailed assessment to verify eligibility for the EmergencyMedicine Center of Excellence designation.
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Tom Scaletta MD, EmEx President and Past President of the American Academyof Emergency Medicine, explains, "The impetus for creating EmergencyExcellence was the 2006 release of the Institute of Medicine report'Hospital-Based Emergency Care: At the Breaking Point,' which exposed ourunderperforming emergency care system and charged emergency medicine leadersto establish evidence-based performance measures. EmEx has done exactly that.By applying safety and efficiency principles to emergency care, hospitals canvastly improve service delivery."
According to Mark Reiter MD MBA, EmEx CEO, "Hospitals need performanceindicators that are unambiguous and tailored to emergency medicine. EmExdelivers the information and tools that hospitals need to achieve excellencein emergency care."
EmEx was founded in 2008 to help hospitals improve performance and torecognize excellence in emergency medical care. EmEx measures emergencydepartment performance through data analysis, benchmarking, stakeholdersurveys, and the application of lean operations management principles. Learnmore about EmEx at http://www.emergencyexcellence.com.
To schedule an interview with Dr. Tom Scaletta or Dr. Mark Reiter, pleasecall (877) 700-3639 or e-mail [email protected].
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SOURCE Emergency Excellence
