To make sure the QBR is protected, a well-run ER makes sure the doctors who serve the QBR do nothing but identify the medical issue and prescribe a course of action. If a doctor is filing papers, directing staff, or idly waiting on the patient to be assigned a room, he or she is not protected, and therefore the QBR itself is not protected. An unprotected QBR can result in dire consequences. In operating like an efficient beehive, the support staff must make sure that the
