In recent years, Operations Research/Management (OR/OM) has had a significant impact on
improving the performance of hospital Emergency Departments (EDs). This includes …

BACKGROUND: Patient crowding and boarding in Emergency Departments (EDs) impair
the quality of care as well as patient safety and satisfaction. Improved timing of inpatient …

Purpose In hospitals, several patient flows compete for access to shared resources. Failure
to manage these flows result in one or more disruptions within a hospital system. To ensure …

BACKGROUND: National health care policy recommends that patients and families be
actively involved in discharge planning. Although children with medical complexity (CMC) …

Background: Early and late readmissions may have different causal factors, requiring
different prevention strategies. Objective: To determine whether predictors of readmission …

BACKGROUND Late afternoon hospital discharges are thought to contribute to admission
bottlenecks, overcrowding, and increased length of stay (LOS). In January 2012, the …

BACKGROUND Late afternoon hospital discharges are thought to contribute to admission
bottlenecks. We previously described an intervention that resulted in a statistically significant …

Background The wait time to see a physician in US emergency departments (EDs) is
increasing and may differentially affect patients with varied insurance status and …

Emergency departments (ED) overcrowding, long wait, and uncomfortable waiting room
conditions may lower perceived quality of the patient experience and satisfaction. This study …

BACKGROUND Discharge delays adversely affect hospital bed availability and thus patient
flow. OBJECTIVE We aimed to increase the percentage of early discharges (EDCs; before …