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Emergency Department To Medical Telemetry Bed Flow Optimization, Anne Rochelle P. Taco
Emergency Department To Medical Telemetry Bed Flow Optimization, Anne Rochelle P. Taco
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Abstract
Background: The setting for this quality improvement project is a 22-bed medical telemetry unit that receives approximately 85% of ED admissions. The capacity challenges are one of the major causes of ED admissions beyond the 60-minute benchmark. To create capacity, discharges should happen earlier on the day or before 1:00 p.m. to be able to admit patients within 60 minutes from when the physician writes an order to patient transfer to the telemetry unit.
Problem: Patients are being boarded in the ED for extended times while waiting for an inpatient bed assignment. Longer boarding time in the ED is …