Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Teresa Ferricher, Emergency Department Director at White County Medical Center

Teresa Ferricher, Emergency Department Director at White County Medical Center, recently gave an update on the hospital's Emergency Department to the Searcy Lions Club. Since August 2007, the average length of stay in the Emergency Department has decreased by nearly an hour and the time from when a patient enters the ED door to when they are in a room has been nearly cut in half. Major changes took place this Summer and the current group of physicians, led by Dr. Edwin Sherwood, have embraced innovation and quality patient care. The new computerized PulseCheck system recently implemented rivals the Little Rock hospitals, and has put the Emergency Department on the road to become a 100% electronic medical chart department. The WCMC ED saw over 37,000 patients last year.

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