108 Advanced Analytics: Boarding Adjustment Factors for Key Emergency Department Operational Metrics

Increased Emergency Department Boarding Times

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Patients overwhelmingly prefer inpatient boarding to emergency department boarding.

BACKGROUND Boarding of admitted patients in the emergency department (ED) is a major cause of crowding. One alternative to boarding in the ED, a full-capacity protocol where boarded patients are redeployed to inpatient units, can reduce crowding and improve overall flow. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare patient satisfaction with boarding in the ED vs. inpatient hallways. METHODS We performe...

Predicting Hospital Patients' Admission to Reduce Emergency Department Boarding

The association between length of emergency department boarding and mortality.

OBJECTIVES Emergency department (ED) boarding has been associated with several negative patient-oriented outcomes, from worse satisfaction to higher inpatient mortality rates. The current study evaluates the association between length of ED boarding and outcomes. The authors expected that prolonged ED boarding of admitted patients would be associated with higher mortality rates and longer hospi...

Predictors of Psychiatric Boarding in the Emergency Department

INTRODUCTION The emergency psychiatric care is system is overburdened in the United States. Patients experiencing psychiatric emergencies often require resources not available at the initial treating facility and frequently require transfer to an appropriate psychiatric facility. Boarding of psychiatric patients, defined as a length of stay greater than four hours after medical clearance, is ub...