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Patient Discharge Lounge Sparks Connections, Frees Up Beds

Patient Discharge Lounge Sparks Connections, Frees Up Beds

“Patients end up not wanting to leave.” That’s what Laurel Pye, nurse manager on Strong Memorial Hospital’s Surgical Trauma floor, has noticed about the Patient Discharge Lounge.

Rethinking Surgical Safety

Rethinking Surgical Safety

Anticipating surgery is nerve-racking enough for a patient and her family—and that’s without added worries that her operating room team might be feeling frantic in the moments leading up to her procedure. Eager to “slow down” and spend time where it matters most, UR Medicine’s Perioperative faculty and staff have joined forces with their academic medical colleagues from MCIC Vermont, a hospital-owned liability insurer.

URMC Team Helps Nursing Home Referrals Go Electronic, Makes Relics of Fax Machines

URMC Team Helps Nursing Home Referrals Go Electronic, Makes Relics of Fax Machines

It’s electric! Boogie woogie. Over the past year or so, a pioneering team made up of staff from Strong Memorial Hospital, Highland Hospital, Highlands at Brighton, Highlands Living Center, and ePartner planned and implemented the capability to refer patients electronically to nursing homes across Monroe County. Talk about an “Electric Slide”!