ED: How to onboard and train staff at a new freestanding emergency department in a large city

Lenox Health-Greenwich Village, a division of Lenox Hill Hospital, was the first freestanding emergency department in New York City.  The facility, which opened July 17, 2014, was designed with 24 fully-equipped patient rooms and 2 more rooms with minimal furnishings for the safe care of behavioral health patients.  These rooms are all large enough to accommodate two patients each if needed.  The utilization for the first 6 months was 12,700 patients and by the end of the first year, over 30,000 were treated.  This article describes in some detail the simulation process and topics used to train staff prior to the opening of the new facility.  The video describes the construction projects that were underway to add ambulatory surgery space on the fourth floor, imaging upgrades to the fifth floor, and physician offices on the sixth.

Sources:

Kerner, R.L., and others. (2016, October). Simulation for operational readiness in a new freestanding emergency department. Simulation in Healthcare, 11(5), 345-356.  Click here for free full text: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5172849/pdf/sih-11-345.pdf

Here is a video about the facility: https://www.northwell.edu/about/news/video/lenox-health-greenwich-village-what-emergency-care-should-be

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