Mixed effect of increasing outflow of medical patients from an emergency department

ConclusionWe describe a quality improvement intervention to improve outflow of medical patients from the ED in the morning hours. The new ED practices had mixed effects. They led to less ED crowding in the morning hours but increased dissatisfaction among the IM department medical and nursing staff due to an increased number of admissions in a limited number of hours. The present governmental reimbursement policy needs to address hospital overcrowding as it relates to limited community healthcare beds and an aging population.
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research