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 …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To present an overview of systematic reviews on throughput
interventions to solve the overcrowding of emergency departments. METHODS Electronic …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 1349–1357© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The objective was to examine the …

ObjectivesDelays in transfer of admitted patients boarded in the emergency department (ED)
to an inpatient bed is a major driver of ED overcrowding. We sought to identify explanatory …

Emergency Department (ED) crowding is defined as a situation wherein the demands of
emergency services overcome the ability of a department to provide high-quality care within …

Background Full capacity protocol (FCP) is an internationally recognized intervention
designed to address emergency department (ED) crowding. Despite FCP international …

Las urgencias médicas pueden saturarse debido a factores externos e internos al servicio.
Esto se refleja en congestión, tiempos de espera elevados e insatisfacción de los usuarios …

Methods We implemented a set of commonly used methods for increasing ED efficiency with
an innovative approach over 45 months. Our intervention involved seven parts comprised of …

Objectives To estimate the association between adopting emergency department (ED)
crowding interventions and emergency departments' core performance measures. Methods …