The relationship between emergency department crowding and patient outcomes: a systematic review

EJ Carter, SM Pouch, EL Larson - Journal of Nursing …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Emergency department (ED) crowding is a significant patient safety concern
associated with poor quality of care. The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the …

International perspectives on emergency department crowding

JM Pines, JA Hilton, EJ Weber… - Academic …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 1358–1370© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract The maturation of emergency medicine (EM) as a …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting hospital admission at emergency department triage using machine learning

WS Hong, AD Haimovich, RA Taylor - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Objective To predict hospital admission at the time of ED triage using patient history in
addition to information collected at triage. Methods This retrospective study included all adult …

Machine-learning-based electronic triage more accurately differentiates patients with respect to clinical outcomes compared with the emergency severity index

S Levin, M Toerper, E Hamrock, JS Hinson… - Annals of emergency …, 2018 - Elsevier
Study objective Standards for emergency department (ED) triage in the United States rely
heavily on subjective assessment and are limited in their ability to risk-stratify patients. This …

[HTML][HTML] Emergency department and hospital crowding: causes, consequences, and cures

P McKenna, SM Heslin, P Viccellio… - Clinical and …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Overcrowding with associated delays in patient care is a problem faced by emergency
departments (EDs) worldwide. ED overcrowding can be the result of poor ED department …

[HTML][HTML] Overcrowding in emergency department: an international issue

S Di Somma, L Paladino, L Vaughan, I Lalle… - Internal and emergency …, 2015 - Springer
Overcrowding in the emergency department (ED) has become an increasingly significant
worldwide public health problem in the last decade. It is a consequence of simultaneous …

Effect of emergency department crowding on outcomes of admitted patients

BC Sun, RY Hsia, RE Weiss, D Zingmond… - Annals of emergency …, 2013 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Emergency department (ED) crowding is a prevalent health delivery
problem and may adversely affect the outcomes of patients requiring admission. We assess …

Revisions to the Canadian emergency department triage and acuity scale (CTAS) guidelines 2016

MJ Bullard, E Musgrave, D Warren, B Unger… - Canadian Journal of …, 2017 - cambridge.org
METHODS The revisions have been at iterative process based on feedback from our key
stakeholders, the CTAS Instructors and Providers, the general public, the CTAS NWG …

The association between length of emergency department boarding and mortality

AJ Singer, HC Thode Jr, P Viccellio… - Academic Emergency …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Emergency department (ED) boarding has been associated with several
negative patient‐oriented outcomes, from worse satisfaction to higher inpatient mortality …

Association between waiting times and short term mortality and hospital admission after departure from emergency department: population based cohort study from …

A Guttmann, MJ Schull, MJ Vermeulen, TA Stukel - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Objective To determine whether patients who are not admitted to hospital after attending an
emergency department during shifts with long waiting times are at risk for adverse events …