Choose Joy! For us in healthcare, our sense of joy should not be isolated to the holiday season or our lives away from work. This belief rings true for any industry. But American healthcare workers are burned out. Becker’s recently reported that 70% of nurses are burned out, and more […]
Are Docs Burning Out?
Are Docs Burning Out? Two Must-do’s for Hospitals Every strategy in healthcare depends on physician buy-in. But unequivocally, physicians in America are burning out… by as much as 75% in certain specialties. There are two action steps that can reverse these alarming trends, and frankly, they can rapidly address engagement […]
Empowering Docs to Be the Change
Special Event: BTOES Symposium May 15-17 Stumped about how to ignite change in your organization? Some of healthcare’s brightest minds maintain that the secret to change in hospitals lies within our healthcare ecosystem’s most influential stakeholder group – physicians. Modern Healthcare recently discussed the importance of bringing back the joy […]
Gaining Actionable Insights from Your Hospital’s Publicly Reported Grades
In the 1980’s, the Healthcare Finance Administration (today, known as CMS), launched an era of transparency when they began publishing death rates among hospitals nationwide. Years later, the Institute of Medicine reported that 98,000 Americans die annually from medical errors. Today, the amount of healthcare performance data publicly reported has […]
A3 Certifies 76 Leaders through Hospital Engagement Network Program
76 leaders from 40 healthcare organizations across the state earned green belt certification in LEAN six sigma from A3 Healthcare. The statewide program was coordinated through the Louisiana Hospital Association in conjunction with their participation in the CMS Hospital Engagement Network Program. A3 Healthcare President, Erin Zeringue, a Certified Master […]
Zeringue Panelist at National Healthcare Symposium
A3 Healthcare’s President, Erin Zeringue, along with other nationally recognized experts in performance improvement, will discuss the application of Lean and Six Sigma to healthcare organizations at the 36th Annual National Symposium for Healthcare Executives. The Symposium, with a theme of Accelerating Excellence: Doing Well Together An Exploration of Population Health, is a premier […]
The data made me do it….
I recently read a great book, “Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives” by Gretchen Rubin and I finally figured something out! I rely on Monitoring and Accountability to get things accomplished. Those who know me are saying, “That’s nothing new Erin – You’ve always been a data geek.” True. I […]
Zeringue Selected to Speak at National Healthcare Symposium
Erin Zeringue, President of A3 Solutions LLC, has been selected as one of six presenters at the 34th National Healthcare Symposium held August 7-8, 2014 in Sandestin, Florida. The annual conference is hosted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham and this year’s theme is Maintaining the Bottom Line in the Era of […]
Patients Don’t Feel Our Averages….
Consider the differences in the two stories below. Speedy Medical Center, recognized regionally and nationally for performance improvement continuously monitors process and outcome measures in it organization. Their Director of Perioperative Services boasts proudly when sharing key process measures across their service line, “Our average wait time in the Admissions […]