Time of Transfer of Admitted Patients from the ED: A Contributor to ED Boarding in High-Volume Community Hospitals.
Healthc Q
; 21(4): 48-53, 2019 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-30946655
ABSTRACT
The twin challenges of bed boarding and "hallway medicine" have emerged in recent years as key healthcare issues. Many hospitals, challenged with increasing demand and limited resources, have tried to find efficiencies within their operations. One such strategy is that of early morning discharges and expedited bed turnaround times. We conducted a retrospective study within three high-volume hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area looking at discharge times of in-patients and transfer times of admitted, Emergency Department (ED)-boarded patients. We discovered a consistent pattern of late-in-the-day discharges, and even later-in-the-day transfers of boarded ED patients, indicating that this may be a potential source of increased efficiency for overburdened hospitals.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Transferencia de Pacientes
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Servicio de Urgencia en Hospital
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Hospitales Comunitarios
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Tiempo de Internación
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Healthc Q
Asunto de la revista:
HOSPITAIS
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SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article