Emergency department overcrowding: understanding the factors to find corresponding solutions

G Savioli, IF Ceresa, N Gri… - Journal of personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is certain and established that overcrowding represents one of the main problems that has
been affecting global health and the functioning of the healthcare system in the last …

Emergency department crowding: a systematic review of causes, consequences and solutions

C Morley, M Unwin, GM Peterson, J Stankovich… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Emergency department crowding is a major global healthcare issue. There is
much debate as to the causes of the phenomenon, leading to difficulties in developing …

[HTML][HTML] Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality

S Jones, C Moulton, S Swift, P Molyneux… - Emergency Medicine …, 2022 - emj.bmj.com
Background Delays to timely admission from emergency departments (EDs) are known to
harm patients. Objective To assess and quantify the increased risk of death resulting from …

Clinical decision support systems for triage in the emergency department using intelligent systems: a review

M Fernandes, SM Vieira, F Leite, C Palos… - Artificial Intelligence in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Motivation Emergency Departments'(ED) modern triage systems implemented
worldwide are solely based upon medical knowledge and experience. This is a limitation of …

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 …

The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) statement

EI Benchimol, L Smeeth, A Guttmann, K Harron… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Routinely collected health data, obtained for administrative and clinical purposes without
specific a priori research goals, are increasingly used for research. The rapid evolution and …

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 …

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 …

Worsening of emergency department length of stay during the COVID‐19 pandemic

A Lucero, K Sokol, J Hyun, L Pan… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Our study sought to determine whether there was a change in emergency
department (ED) length of stay (LOS) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) …