Health care organizations are looking for ways to respond to the evolving needs of emergency departments. Two new emergency department expansions at North Shore-LIJ were planned and designed using the “Super Track” split-flow clinical model to target effective throughput of lower acuity patient volumes, effectively manage patient wait times, and reduce length of stay in emergency departments throughout the system. A few years ago, North Shore-LIJ retrofitted several emergency departments to implement an acuity-based split flow concept. This session explains how the organization’s experience drove the design of the new Super Track emergency departments, which are functionally and clinically optimized to support a well-managed patient care experience.

Electronic systems provide mountains of data to manage energy and regulatory compliance in U.S. medical and support facilities. Sorting through the data to create actionable tasks to improve performance and optimize energy cost effectively can be overwhelming. This presentation will explore the use of a cloud-based analytics system that automates this process. This approach provides hospital personnel with specific guidance in assigning personnel and capital to sustain hospital operations.