Objectives: Emergency department boarding is the practice of caring for admitted patients in
the emergency department after hospital admission, and boarding has been a growing …

The operating room is the financial hub of any hospital, and maximizing operating room
efficiency has important implications for cost savings, patient satisfaction, and medical team …

Importance To optimize patient outcomes and preserve critical acute care access during the
COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services developed the …

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) has a long history of developing documents (eg,
decision pathways, health policy statements, appropriate use criteria) to provide members …

Problem definition: Translate data from electronic health records (EHR) into accurate
predictions on patient flows and inform daily decision making at a major hospital …

Background Patient flow describes the progression of patients along a pathway of care such
as the journey from hospital inpatient admission to discharge. Poor patient flow has …

Queuing theory can and has been used to inform bed pool capacity decision making, though
rarely by managers themselves. The insights it brings are also not widely and properly …

Introduction ED overcrowding and boarding is a global phenomenon that negatively affects
patients, hospital staff, and hospital-wide operations. Poor patient flow has been identified …

Effective capacity management of operation rooms is key to avoid surgery cancellations and
prevent long waiting lists that negatively affect clinical and financial outcomes as well as …

Objectives Delayed emergency department (ED) and hospital patient throughput is
recognized as a critical threat to patient safety. Increasingly, hospitals are investing …