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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Ed To Telemetry Bed: Optimizing Nurse Communication & Decreasing Team Frustration, Harmandeep (Harm) S. Madra
Ed To Telemetry Bed: Optimizing Nurse Communication & Decreasing Team Frustration, Harmandeep (Harm) S. Madra
Master's Projects and Capstones
PROBLEM: According to the Institute of Medicine, boarding inpatients in the emergency department (ED) can result in an increased risk for medical errors, delay in treatments, and decreased quality of care. The goal is to move the patient to the hospital bed within 60 minutes from when an order is written for admission. The current average monthly compliance for ED throughput and admission to the inpatient bed is at 45% compared to the target of 70%. Lack of standardization during handoff can lead to delays, miscommunication and causes team frustration.
CONTEXT: In 2022, this community hospital’s ED microsystem had limited …
Caring For Older Adults In The Hallway Of A Crowded Emergency Department, Rebecca Weeks, Kathy Sawasky, Michael Malone
Caring For Older Adults In The Hallway Of A Crowded Emergency Department, Rebecca Weeks, Kathy Sawasky, Michael Malone
Journal of Geriatric Emergency Medicine
This paper describes strategies for emergency department providers to address the needs of older adults when facilities are overcrowded and care extends into the hallway.
Models For Improving Patient Throughput And Waiting At Hospital Emergency Departments, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Lin Li
Models For Improving Patient Throughput And Waiting At Hospital Emergency Departments, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Lin Li
Jomon Aliyas Paul
Background: Overcrowding diminishes Emergency Department (ED) care delivery capabilities.
Objectives: We developed a generic methodology to investigate the causes of overcrowding and to identify strategies to resolve them, and applied it in the ED of a hospital participating in the study.
Methods: We utilized Discrete Event Simulation (DES) to capture the complex ED operations. Using DES results, we developed parametric models for checking the effectiveness and quantifying the potential gains from various improvement alternatives. We performed a follow-up study to compare the outcomes before and after the model recommendations were put into effect at the hospital participating …
Hospital Inpatient Capacity: Making Room For The Next Patient, Tracy L. Hanson Mha, Lnha, Douglas Hughes Rn, Bsn, Mba
Hospital Inpatient Capacity: Making Room For The Next Patient, Tracy L. Hanson Mha, Lnha, Douglas Hughes Rn, Bsn, Mba
Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)
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