To Optimize Patient Flow, We Need Accurate, Standardized Data
Hospitals’ shifting boarding definitions mask real delays. See how accurate metrics can improve ED flow and reduce strain.
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To Optimize Patient Flow, We Need Accurate, Standardized Data
Hospitals’ shifting boarding definitions mask real delays. See how accurate metrics can improve ED flow and reduce strain. -
When the Waiting Room Becomes the Entire Emergency Department
ED boarding is a system-wide failure, not an efficiency issue. Learn how new CMS metrics and hospital leadership accountability can solve the boarding crisis. -
Pediatric Patients in Acute Mental Health Crisis Face Long Waits
Pediatric mental health boarding in the ED is a growing crisis. Understand the multifactorial causes and emerging solutions for these vulnerable patients.
When the Waiting Room Becomes the Entire Emergency Department
ED boarding is a system-wide failure, not an efficiency issue. Learn how new CMS metrics and hospital leadership accountability can solve the boarding crisis.
Pediatric Patients in Acute Mental Health Crisis Face Long Waits
Pediatric mental health boarding in the ED is a growing crisis. Understand the multifactorial causes and emerging solutions for these vulnerable patients.
Hospital at Home Is Here: An Opportunity EM Can’t Ignore
Hospital-at-home is reshaping acute care. Emergency medicine must claim a seat at the table to lead this change or risk being sidelined in this new era.
Management of ED Crowding versus Mass Casualty Incidents: Is There an Ethical Difference?
It is a busy Saturday evening in your emergency department (ED). Every bed is filled, including those…
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego’s Unique ED Culture Breeds Innovation
The emergency department (ED) at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego is a different breed of ED. This…
Opinion: Demand Up, Beds Down—The Emergency Dept. Crowding Crisis
Hospital occupancy demands are projected to substantially increase over the next seven years from 75 percent to…
ACEP President Is Showing Up for Emergency Medicine
ACEP President Aisha Terry, MD, FACEP, kicked off the month of June with a series of appearances…
Readers Respond: ED Boarding Tactics and Excited Delirium
Survival Tactics for Emergency Department Boarding (March 2024) We read with interest Dr. Welch’s article on front-end…
Survival Tactics for Emergency Department Boarding
A few statistics that help to frame our hospital capacity crisis today: Immediately following World War II,…