Apr 26, 2016 -
Author: Tony McNamara, CEO, Cork University Hospital GroupIt is a little known but vitally important statistic that in Cork University Hospital, as few as 3% of medical patients occupy c. 30% of bed days at any one time. Interestingly data presented at our recent Patient Pathway Symposium indicates that other large teaching hospitals in Ireland demonstrate similar patterns suggesting that addressing this challenge may significantly impact positively on Emergency Departments (ED) and on the performance of acute hospitals generally.
Mar 28, 2016 -
Author: Tony McNamara, CEO, Cork University Hospital GroupMuch has been said and written in recent times about positive and negative aspects of the structure of post graduate doctor training in Ireland.
Mar 18, 2016 -
Author: Tony McNamara, CEO, Cork University Hospital GroupThe challenge to deal conclusively with the Wicked Problem of multiple challenges to remove patients from trolleys in our Emergency Departments (ED) remains evasive. This is notwithstanding the multiple change management initiatives that have been implemented in our acute hospitals including Cork University Hospital where over 120 different changes have been implemented over the past three years.
Feb 24, 2016 -
Author: Tony McNamara, CEO, Cork University Hospital GroupMy blog aims to share with you my personal perspective on the key issues that we face in striving to constantly improve our services.
Feb 24, 2016 -
Author: Tony McNamara, CEO, Cork University Hospital GroupThe resultant need to implement a radical change programme necessary to deliver a quality care in a rapidly constraining fiscal environment was paramount and resulted in significantly increased efficiency and performance in the Hospital. The manner in which this was achieved and some of the changes that were implemented are presented in this article.