Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department (ED) Crowding
February 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Issue brief from RWJF-supported Urgent Matters Learning Network signals a promising future.
Patient Flow
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Reducing Door-to-Balloon Time
February 19, 2011 | Program Result
McLeod Regional Medical Center of Florence, S.C., worked to speed up heart attack treatment, to reduce the time lapse from when the victim enters the emergency room to when the blocked artery is opened.
Policy Forum Webcast: Improving Patient Flow & Reducing Emergency Department (ED) Crowding
June 3, 2010 | Video
Webcast of ED Policy Forum Highlighting Success of Initiative to Develop Performance Measurement & Improve Operations.
Boston Medical Center
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Boston Medical Center worked with the bed cleaning contractors at the hospital to reduce the bed turnaround time.
Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
The mandatory bed huddle sessions include team members from throughout the hospital, including Emergency Department (ED) personnel, senior hospital administrators, in-patient nursing supervisors, and housekeeping staff.
Grady Health System
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site Patients with specific diagnoses, including chest pain, heart failure, asthma, hyperglycemia, are admitted to a seven-bed Care Management Unit (CMU) directly from the emergency department (ED). Placing patien ...
Lehigh Valley Hosptial
September 1, 2006 | Toolkit
Related websites Urgent Matters Web site TeleTracking is a bed tracking technology that allows a patient logistics coordinator to monitor all hospital beds from a central command center in order to maximize patient flow and reduce patient wait times ...
Posting Data on Bulletin Board Improves ED Flow
February 27, 2013
Good Samaritan Hospital staff measured wait times and patient flow using real time data which was compiled and displayed on an electronic bulletin board. Good Samaritan reduced ED throughput time for admitted patients by 102 minutes.
Urgent Matters
National Program
Program to support the development and implementation of best practices to relieve emergency department overcrowding, and help communities understand the interdependence between the health care safety net and the rest of the delivery system.
Charted Door-to-Bed Process Flow Chart
February 4, 2011 | Toolkit
St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis improved door to bed, length of stay and patient satisfaction by reducing delays in ED triage and registration.