Emergency Department overcrowding (EDOC) is defined as a situation where the demand
for emergency services exceeds the ability of an emergency department (ED) to provide …

Objectives Patient flow and crowding are two major issues in ED service improvement. A
substantial amount of literature exists on the interventions to improve patient flow and …

Background Contact precautions for endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) are a resource-intensive intervention …

Background Health systems in many jurisdictions struggle to reduce Emergency Department
congestion and improve patient flow across the continuum of care. Flow is often described …

Background Although well-established principles exist for improving the timeliness and
efficiency of care, many organisations struggle to achieve more than small-scale, localised …

Background: Patient flow through health services is increasingly recognized as a system
issue, yet the flow literature has focused overwhelmingly on localized interventions, with …

While most health systems have implemented interventions to manage situations in which
patient demand exceeds capacity, little is known about the long-term sustainability or …

Background Health care managers face the critical challenge of overcoming divisions
among the many groups involved in patient care, a problem intensified when patients must …

Purpose: This paper reports the quantitative component of a mixed-methods study of patient
flow in the 10 urban health regions/zones of Western Canada. We assessed whether …

SOMMAIRE L'engorgement des départements d'urgence se définit comme une situation
dans laquelle la demande de services d'urgence excede la capacité d'un département …