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Kirk B. Jensen, MD, MBA, FACEP, has spent over 20 years in Emergency Medicine management and clinical care. Board-certified in Emergency Medicine, he has been medical director for several emergency departments and is Chief Medical Officer for Best Practices, Inc. Dr. Jensen is a faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) focusing on quality improvement, patient satisfaction, and patient flow both within the ED and throughout the hospital. He chaired two IHI communities, Improving Flow Through the Acute Care Setting and Operational and Clinical Improvement in the Emergency Department. Currently he is a leader of the innovative IHI seminars Cracking the Code to Hospital-wide Patient Flow and Perfecting Emergency Department Operations. Dr. Jensen is a popular speaker and coach for EDs across the country. He is co-author of two books, Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow (2007 ACHE Hamilton Award winner) and Hardwiring Flow. He is the recipient of the 2007-08 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Honorable Mention Speaker of the Year Award. Dr Jensen presents on patient safety, patient flow, operations management, and change management at the ACEP Emergency Department Directors Academy. In addition, Dr. Jensen served on the expert panel and site examination team of Urgent Matters, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative focusing on helping hospitals eliminate ED crowding and congestion as well as preserving the health care safety net. Dr. Jensen holds a Bachelor s Degree in biology from the University of Illinois (Champaign) and a Medical Degree from the University of Illinois (Chicago). He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago
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Kirk B. Jensen, MD, MBA, FACEP, has spent over 20 years in Emergency Medicine management and clinical care. Board-certified in Emergency Medicine, he has been medical director for several emergency departments and is Chief Medical Officer for Best Practices, Inc. Dr. Jensen is a faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) focusing on quality improvement, patient satisfaction, and patient flow both within the ED and throughout the hospital. He chaired two IHI communities, Improving Flow Through the Acute Care Setting and Operational and Clinical Improvement in the Emergency Department. Currently he is a leader of the innovative IHI seminars Cracking the Code to Hospital-wide Patient Flow and Perfecting Emergency Department Operations. Dr. Jensen is a popular speaker and coach for EDs across the country. He is co-author of two books, Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow (2007 ACHE Hamilton Award winner) and Hardwiring Flow. He is the recipient of the 2007-08 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Honorable Mention Speaker of the Year Award. Dr Jensen presents on patient safety, patient flow, operations management, and change management at the ACEP Emergency Department Directors Academy. In addition, Dr. Jensen served on the expert panel and site examination team of Urgent Matters, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative focusing on helping hospitals eliminate ED crowding and congestion as well as preserving the health care safety net. Dr. Jensen holds a Bachelor s Degree in biology from the University of Illinois (Champaign) and a Medical Degree from the University of Illinois (Chicago). He completed a residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Chicago
Contact [email protected] if you have any questions about claiming credit.
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