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 (ED) crowding represents an international crisis that may affect the
quality and access of health care. We conducted a comprehensive PubMed search to …

Abstract Background: An Institute of Medicine (IOM) report defines six domains of quality of
care: safety, patient‐centeredness, timeliness, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity. The …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We study the impact of emergency department (ED) crowding on
delays in treatment and nontreatment for patients with severe pain. METHODS: We …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Prolonged emergency department (ED) wait time and length of visit
reduce quality of care and increase adverse events. Previous studies have not examined …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 527–538© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: Despite consensus regarding the …

This paper reviews the contributions and applications of queueing theory in the field of
health care management problems. This review proposes a system of classification of health …

Abstract Background. Google Flu Trends (GFT) is a novel Internet-based influenza
surveillance system that uses search engine query data to estimate influenza activity and is …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We identify, describe, and categorize vulnerabilities in emergency
department (ED) to internal medicine patient transfers. METHODS: We surveyed all …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate recent trends in emergency department (ED) crowding
and its potential causes by analyzing ED occupancy, a proxy measure for ED crowding …