Relieve Emergency Department Crowding by Increasing Throughput
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The document discusses strategies to alleviate crowding in emergency departments (EDs) by increasing patient throughput, highlighting key metrics and improvement methods. It notes the high volume of ED visits, particularly among uninsured patients, and emphasizes the importance of timely care to enhance patient experience and safety. Six specific ways to improve throughput, such as triage efficiency and better resource allocation, are outlined to help manage the burden on EDs.
Relieve Emergency Department Crowding by Increasing Throughput
- 1. CROWDING RELIEVE EMERG ENCY DEPARTMENT B Y INCREASING THROUGHPUT WHY SO CROWDED? EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS BY THE NUMBERS ED VISITS FOR ACUTE CARE THE CLOCK IS TICKING WHY BOOST ED THROUGHPUT? FOUR METRICS FOR MEASURING THROUGHPUT 6 WAYS TO IMPROVE THROUGHPUT IN YOUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT 136.9 million visits per year 12.3 million patients admitted to the hospital 50% of Medicaid and CHIP recipients get acute care from the ED Only 35% of patients are seen in less than 15 minutes ED visits account for 28% of all acute care visits Deliver timely patient care Increase patient safety Reduce hospital admissions Minimize ED boarding Improve the patient experience Increase cost savings Improve staff morale Decrease ambulance diversion 66% of the uninsured get acute care from the ED 1.5 million patients admitted to critical care unit Assign a physician to triage Keep low-acuity patients upright Expedite laboratory testing and imaging orders 28% 66% 50% 35% Utilize advanced practice providers Assign patient flow coordinators Streamline on-call physician scheduling EXIT YOU CAN GO HOME WE'LL ADMIT YOU Door-to-provider time Arrival to departure time Discharge time to patient departure time Admit decision time to ED departure time WAITING ROOM SOURCES: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/emergency-department.htm Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: https://www.cms.gov/research-statistics-data-and-systems/research/cahps/ed.html MDsyncNET.com 888-506-5061 1 2 3 4 5 6