Joann Lazarus, Msn, Rn, Cen, Faen Email & Phone Number

Healthcare leader with decades of experience helping hospitals and health care systems improve their emergency department performance and staff engagement. A results-driven leader who is passionate about quality patient care and support of young leaders.Accomplishments include leading an ED team to establish a fast track and middle track program as well as decrease the walk out rate by 25% at a 100,000 visit, level 1 academic trauma center. Also worked with EDs with a wide range of volume, reducing walk out rates by as much as 81%, decreasing discharge lengths of stay by 20%, and decreasing hold hours by 48%.Creating a better environment for our patients, staff and community cannot be accomplished in isolation. We must work together to solve the challenges experienced in the emergency care setting.

Listed skills include Healthcare Management, Healthcare, Patient Safety, Nursing, and 26 others.