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50 EP EDUCATION MARCH 2008 EDUCATING STAFF Continued from page 48 your program in the near future. If you don’t know the latest technologies, your physicians certainly do. They are keeping up with the latest trends in cath labs as well as what new graduates are learning and using in their training programs. A new graduate fresh out of training is looking for state-of-the-art technology and devices. If you are expanding or growing your program, new technology — and staff who are comfortable with its use — will be keys to success. Your Market Competition and Your Stay one step ahead of the game by keeping up with market trends and your competition. If you have no competition, then you are lucky — but chances are you do. More and more community hospitals are establishing cath labs and/or expanding the number of labs and services they offer. If you are not keeping up with this information, you could be blindsided down the road. As hospitals in your area open their doors for business and/or market the new addition, they could be taking patients from you, and worse, they could be taking your staff. Encouraging communication and education, as well as keeping your eye on technology, outcomes, patient and staff satisfaction, will help to keep your market share and your staff. seen that the most cohesive and productive interventional teams are the ones that always strive to learn. These are the teams that are recognized by physicians as “peers” and are respected for their knowledge and skill level. These are also the teams that stay together, with turnover rates being lower for groups that consider themselves a “team” of professionals. Corazon has also seen that teams that have worked together longer are more efficient in emergent situations, procedure expediency and lab turn-around times. These factors will eventually lead to an improved bottom line. As the New Year begins and you develop your education plan for 2008, we hope you consider these options. And most importantly, we hope that you remember the value of education is not always immediately recognized, but will lay the foundation for many prosperous years ahead. Carol is a Recruitment Consultant at Corazon, a national leader in specialized consulting and recruitment services for cardiovascular program development. Corazon combines strategic business planning, market and financial analysis, feasibility studies, clinical operations, program implementation support, Heart Hospital design, best practice benchmarking, executive search, and staff/leadership education for newly established or existing heart and vascular programs. Call 412-364-8200 or visit www.corazoninc.com. Make the right move Place a classified ad in For deadlines, rates, and more information please contact: Intangible Benefits of Staff Education Let’s face it. There really is no immediate fiscal benefit to staff education. For most organizations, education is considered a sunk cost and just part of doing business. However, Corazon’s experience as national consultants and recruiters is a little different. Sure, there is no immediate cost savings or market impact to education as there is for a new piece of imaging equipment or the latest tool for atherectomy, but there are a great number of intangible benefits. Having worked with over 200 programs across the United States, we have Classified Ad Manager Ext 235 Lucinda Beska Erin Fehr This article was reprinted with permission from Cath Lab Digest 2008;16(1):36-39. Do you like to write? If so, we’d love to hear from you! We are currently looking for authors to write for our 2008 issues. If you would be interested in contributing an article, please contact Jodie Elrod at “jelrod@hmpcommunications.com” Classified Ad Associate Ext 271 Phone: (800) 237-7285 Fax: (610) 560-0501 Email: lbeska@hmpcommunications.com efehr@hmpcommunications.com http://www.corazoninc.com http://www.corazoninc.com

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EP Lab Digest - March 2008 ECG 101: The Case of a Dizzy Patient with a Left Bundle Branch Block Delayed Defibrillation: Research and Results Interview with Paul S. Chan, MD Contents Letter from the Editor Spotlight Interview: St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center Parent Heart Watch from 36,000 Feet… Perspectives from the Annual Leadership Conference Clinical Trial Overview: 2008 Are MRI-Safe Pacemakers and Leads on the Horizon? Q & A with J. Rod Gimbel, MD Navigating Tortuous Coronary Sinus Anatomy Using a Bipolar Lead Email Discussion Group: March 2008 Guidelines on ECG Interpretation Spotlight Interview Update: What Have We Learned? The Value of Educating Staff Events Calendar Industry News and Products Classifieds Advertisers Index In Memoriam

EP Lab Digest - March 2008

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