Los Angeles, California Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Maurice Marciano Family Foundation Emergency Department and Trauma Center consists of 46 beds and two trauma bays. It is consistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation, No. 1 pediatric hospital in California,

New Brunswick, New Jersey To improve the recognition and response to patients presenting with possible sepsis, the adult emergency department health care team at Saint Peter’s University Hospital implemented a nurse-driven protocol focused on early identification and rapid intervention. Upon recognizing

Plainview, New York As it prepared to establish a new cardiac cath lab in June 2023, the Plainview Hospital emergency department staff nurses, providers, and leaders collaborated with the hospital's senior leadership, quality, and onboarding cath lab team to define target

Sacramento, California The University of California Davis 89-bed emergency department’s “Discharge=Take Charge” initiative focuses on reducing patient discharge times by empowering bedside nurses to lead the discharge process. As a large, busy academic ED that saw 97,000 patient visits in 2023,

Jacksonville, Florida The emergency department staff at Wolfson Children’s Hospital Emergency Center and Porter Family Trauma Center is most proud of its pediatric trauma-focused initiatives. First, the team streamlined trauma and medical resuscitation documentation. The goal was to achieve real-time documentation

Roslyn, New York St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center’s emergency department strives for continuous improvement in the care and outcomes of patients experiencing chest pain and acute coronary syndrome symptoms. The ED clinical nurses work collaboratively with the cardiac cath lab

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Hospital, a 467-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, was established as the earliest public hospital in 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital has been a leader in patient care,

West Chester, Pennsylvania In 2022,the Penn Medicine – Chester County Hospital emergency department navigated the challenges posed by the closure of two local hospitals, including a hospital with the only behavioral health facility in the county, leading to a 30 percent

Cypress, Texas Due to growth in the surrounding area, nurses and physicians came together to implement an area within the Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital emergency department that would allow staff members to treat patients more efficiently. This project was very successful in

Miami, FLorida West Kendall Baptist Hospital Emergency Department The significant reduction of Left Without Being Seen incidents in the 50-bed emergency department at West Kendall Baptist Hospital exemplifies the power of collaborative efforts. One foundational initiative involved the strategic role of physician