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Improving Emergency Department Throughput: Using A Pull Method Of Patient Flow, Jeffrey Collins
Improving Emergency Department Throughput: Using A Pull Method Of Patient Flow, Jeffrey Collins
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Practice Problem: Overcrowding in the emergency department (ED) has been shown to increase the length of hospital stay, adversely impact patient outcomes, and reduce patient satisfaction. Problems with overcrowding and throughput are often thought of as an ED-specific inefficiency; however, the issue is indicative of hospital-wide inefficiencies.
PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was “For ED patients admitted to the medical-surgical unit at an acute medical center, will the implementation of a pull model for patient flow, when compared to the current push model, reduce admission delay and length of stay (LOS) within six weeks of implementation?
Evidence: …