Waiting room zero until noon: An emergency department quality improvement initiative with downstream effects
Background: Rising ED boarding and visit volumes are challenges to maintaining patient flow and avoiding patients leaving without being seen. Objectives: We aimed to decrease left without being seen and improve ED patient flow by minimizing time patients spent in the waiting room in the early hours...
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| Main Authors: | Alice Kidder Bukhman, Joshua W. Joseph, Chandler R. Bianchi, Paul C. Chen, Da’Marcus Eugene Baymon, Robin Powell, Beth Waters, Patrick Hollowell, Leon Dahomey Sanchez |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-03-01
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| Series: | JEM Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2773232024000610 |
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