Chief Healthcare Executive November 19, 2024
Patients are routinely stuck in emergency departments for days, or longer, which is hurting patients and staff. A recent study also says it’s adding costs to hospitals.
Emergency physicians and nurses are pushing for lasting solutions for the problem of boarding patients in emergency departments for extended periods.
It’s been a persistent issue in hospitals for years, and leaders in emergency medicine are growing increasingly vocal about the need to address what they call the boarding crisis. Patients are being boarded in emergency departments for hours, days, and even weeks due to a lack of capacity at a hospital or the inability to transfer the patient to another facility.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality held a summit on...
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