Editorial Boarding

Patients overwhelmingly prefer inpatient boarding to emergency department boarding.

BACKGROUND Boarding of admitted patients in the emergency department (ED) is a major cause of crowding. One alternative to boarding in the ED, a full-capacity protocol where boarded patients are redeployed to inpatient units, can reduce crowding and improve overall flow. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare patient satisfaction with boarding in the ED vs. inpatient hallways. METHODS We performe...

The Aircraft Boarding Problem

By minimizing boarding time, commercial airlines can improve their on-time performance and increase their aircraft/crew utilization and thereby increase profitability. Herein, we present preliminary results from combining IP and a simulation model that suggest that structured group boarding can result in boarding time reductions.

Boarding/Deboarding Strategy

Increased Emergency Department Boarding Times

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Boarding-Out Elderly Psychiatric Patients

ANY old people spend the last years of their lives in a mental Hospital; not due to illness, but because ?. ey have nowhere else to live. Some nave grown old within the institution; } hers, admitted when elderly, have ,0st their niche in society so that recovery does not result in discharge, psmall number may be transferred local authority or private old People's homes, but this is only an ^cha...