Established and Novel Initiatives to Reduce Crowding in Emergency Departments
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Liu, Shan W.; Hamedani, Azita G.; Brown, David F.M.; Asplin, Brent; Camargo, Jr., Carlos A.
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Introduction: The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Task Force on Boarding described high-impact initiatives to decrease crowding. Furthermore, some emergency departments (EDs) have implemented a novel initiative we term "vertical patient flow," i.e. segmenting patients who can be safely evaluated, managed, admitted or discharged without occupying a traditional ED room. We sought to determine the degree that ACEP-identified high-impact initiatives for ED crowding and vertical patient flow have been implemented in academic EDs in the United States (U.S.).
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2013
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Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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14/2
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Liu, Shan W.; Hamedani, Azita G.; Brown, David F.M.; Asplin, Brent; Camargo, Jr., Carlos A.