A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community…
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A Behavioral Health Intake-Process Model
Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., has long had a reputation for an efficient, busy, community... -
Your ED Boarding Stories Shape ACEP’s Advocacy Efforts
Wait times and staffing shortages are causing bottlenecks that are overwhelming hospitals, forcing emergency care to spill... -
First Look: Emergency Department Operations in the Pandemic Year 2021
There is no disguising it. 2021 was perhaps the most challenging year ever for American emergency department...
Your ED Boarding Stories Shape ACEP’s Advocacy Efforts
Wait times and staffing shortages are causing bottlenecks that are overwhelming hospitals, forcing emergency care to spill…
First Look: Emergency Department Operations in the Pandemic Year 2021
There is no disguising it. 2021 was perhaps the most challenging year ever for American emergency department…
The Power of Your Boarding Crisis Stories
For emergency physicians, boarding and crowding isn’t a new problem. But in the past several months, you’ve…
The Big Recovery: Emergency Department Operations in 2021
The role of the emergency department (ED) and emergency physicians has been made dramatically more important due…
Strategies To Help Your ED Adapt to Variable Volumes and Patient Needs
One of the unforeseen changes to emergency medicine in the peri-pandemic era is the extreme variation in…
Tips for Productive Hospital Policy Discussions
At the hospital’s monthly interdisciplinary meeting, a lively discussion takes place: Is there an optimal pathway for…
Hospital-Wide Strategies for Reducing Inpatient Discharge Delays and Boarding
Many emergency departments got a brief reprieve from boarding during the COVID-19 pandemic, but most are seeing…
Emergency Department Redesigns Must Incorporate Recent Lessons Learned
It won’t be long now: Emergency department medical directors and nurse managers will soon be asked to…
ED’s Shift To Physician-in-Triage Enabled Fast Assessment, Treatment
The leadership team in the Tennity Emergency Department at Eisenhower Health in Rancho Mirage, California, was struggling…