The most commonly used techniques for addressing each Emergency Department (ED)
problem (overcrowding, prolonged waiting time, extended length of stay, excessive patient …

Hospital productivity is of great importance to policymakers, and previous research
demonstrates that improved hospital productivity can be achieved by directing more focus …

Life expectancy globally increased in the last decades: the number of people aged 65 or
older is consequently projected to grow, and healthcare demand will increase as well. In the …

Importance Value in health care is quality per unit cost (V= Q/C), and an emergency
department–based intensive care unit (ED-ICU) model has been associated with improved …

Diagnostic error is the most frequent cause of allegations of negligence in emergency care
in the United States and is estimated to contribute to the death of hundreds of thousands of …

Objectives: The goal of this study is twofold:(1) identifying design strategies that enhance
efficiency and support teamwork in emergency departments (EDs) and (2) identifying design …

Purpose Trauma team activation (TTA) criteria trigger early mobilization of resources for the
sickest trauma patients. Patients with moderately depressed GCS who do not trigger the …

Introduction Patients leaving the emergency department before treatment (left without being
seen) result in increased risks to patients and loss of revenue to the hospital system. Rapid …

Objectives Racial disparities in emergency medical care are abundant, and processes
aimed to increase throughput, such as a rapid triage fast-track (FT) systems, may exacerbate …

Problem Emergency departments throughout the nation are experiencing crowding related
to increased patient volumes and decreased hospital inpatient bed capacity. As a result of …