Established and Novel Initiatives to Reduce Crowding in Emergency Departments

Established and Novel Initiatives to Reduce Crowding in Emergency Departments

Introduction: The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Task Force on Boardingdescribed high-impact initiatives to decrease crowding. Furthermore, some emergencydepartments (EDs) have implemented a novel initiative we term “vertical patient flow,” i.e.segmenting patients who can be safely...

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Main Authors: Shan W. Liu, Azita G. Hamedani, David F.M. Brown, Brent Asplin, Carlos A. Camargo Jr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-03-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
emergency medicine
emergency department
clinical practice
ED administration
public health
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4wt9n24h

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