Comments on: Emergency Rooms - Overcrowded and Understaffed http://brainblogger.com/2008/07/24/emergency-rooms-overcrowded-and-understaffed/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:01:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Annie http://brainblogger.com/2008/07/24/emergency-rooms-overcrowded-and-understaffed/comment-page-1/#comment-265223 Annie Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:25:28 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=1078#comment-265223 The <strong>Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)</strong> has a wealth of information about <a href="http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Flow/PatientFlow/" rel="nofollow">Patient Flow </a>(which includes patients waiting in emergency departments) on its webiste. I wrote a post about the nursing aspects of the ED overcrowding problems - link is at my name. But to answer your question: yes, there are many effective approaches to minimizing patient wait times and to asuring that they are cared for and cared ABOUT while they are waiting. In fact, it's mandated by the Joint Commission. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) has a wealth of information about Patient Flow (which includes patients waiting in emergency departments) on its webiste.

I wrote a post about the nursing aspects of the ED overcrowding problems - link is at my name.

But to answer your question: yes, there are many effective approaches to minimizing patient wait times and to asuring that they are cared for and cared ABOUT while they are waiting. In fact, it’s mandated by the Joint Commission.

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