Kirk B. Jensen

Kirk B. Jensen
Born Oak Park, Illinois
Nationality American
Occupation Author, Educator
Years active 1998-present

Kirk B. Jensen is an American author and an educator.[1]

Career

Jensen began his medical career as the medical director of the emergency department at Memorial Hospital in Michigan City, Indiana. In 1998 Jensen became a faculty member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.[2]

Jensen served on the expert panel and site examination team of Urgent Matters, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative focusing on elimination of ED and Hospital crowding and preservation of the health care safety net, and presents expert insights through the George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences.[3]

From 2004 to present Jensen has served as Chief Medical Officer for BestPractices.[4][5]

He also served as coach for the Studer Group, guiding individuals and healthcare organizations through specifics of operations and flow including components of emergency department front door flow, throughput, and hospital-wide flow.[6]

Jensen began an association with EmCare in 2011 as an Executive Vice President, and in 2015 was named as the company's Chief Innovation Officer.[7]

Jensen has won the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Speaker of the Year 2010-2011.[8] He also won James A. Hamilton Award 2008 for "Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow"[9] and in 2014 was awarded Urgent Matters, Blue Jay Consulting, and Schumacher Group Emergency Care Innovation of the Year 2014.[10]

Publications

Books

Articles

See also

References

  1. "Kirk B. Jensen-Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. Institute of HealthCare Improvement Expert Faculty, http://www.ihi.org/education/InPersonTraining/PerfectingED/Pages/faculty.aspx
  3. Jensen, http://smhs.gwu.edu/urgentmatters/news/perspectives-achieving-success-increasingly-complicated-environment Perspectives: Achieving Success in an Increasingly Complicated Environment Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  4. "Leadership Team" http://www.best-practices.com/about/leadership-team. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  5. ACEP News, News from the College, August 2009
  6. https://www.studergroup.com/people/kirk-jensen About Kirk Jensen. Retrieved March 12, 2015.
  7. https://www.emcare.com/ABOUT/BIOS/Kirk-Jensen,-MD,-MBA,-FACEP About Kirk Jensen Retrieved March 12, 2015
  8. "ACEP Speaker of the Year" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  9. "James A. Hamilton Award-Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow". Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. "Urgent Matters Innovation Winners". Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow http://healthcarecollaboration.com/leadership-for-smooth-patient-flow/ Review by Dr. Kenneth Cohn, March 15, 2012
  12. Jensen, Mayer, Welch, Haraden (2008) Leadership for Smooth Patient Flow http://bookstore.acep.org/en/practice-management/leadership-for-smooth-patient-flow--479651
  13. Mayer, Jensen, Hardwiring Flow: Systems and Processes for Seamless Patient Care https://www.firestarterpublishing.com/home/featured-resources/row-2/hardwiring-flow-systems-and-processes-for-seamless#.VQHs5Y7F-So
  14. Chapters 20 & 23, Emergency Department Leadership and Management: Best Principles and Practice http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/medicine/emergency-medicine/emergency-department-leadership-and-management-best-principles-and-practice
  15. https://www.emcare.com/NEWS-EVENTS/EmCare-Blog/October-2014/The-Hospital-Executive%E2%80%99s-Guide-to-Emergency-Depart Review of The Hospital Executive's Guide to Emergency Department Management 2nd Edition, EmCare, Retrieved March 12, 2015
  16. Jensen, Kirkpatrick. The Hospital Executive's Guide to Emergency Department Management 2nd Edition, http://hcmarketplace.com/the-hospital-executive-s-guide-to-emergency-department-management-second-edition
  17. Strauss and Mayer's Emergency Department Management http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071762396
  18. Jensen, Mayer, The Patient Flow Advantage https://www.firestarterpublishing.com/patientflow#.VQHygo7F-So

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