Improving Emergency Department flow through optimized bed utilization
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Improving Emergency Department flow through optimized bed utilization
Over the last decade, patient volumes in the emergency department (ED) have grown disproportionately compared to the increase in staffing and resources at the Toronto Western Hospital, an academic tertiary care centre in Toronto, Canada. The resultant congestion has spilled over to the ED waiting room, where medically undifferentiated and potentially unstable patients must wait until a bed beco...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ Quality Improvement Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2050-1315
DOI: 10.1136/bmjquality.u206156.w2532