Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput
Author | : John M. Shiver |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2017-07-26 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781420084979 |
ISBN-13 | : 1420084976 |
Rating | : 4/5 (976 Downloads) |
Download or read book Optimizing Emergency Department Throughput written by John M. Shiver and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country ambulances are turned away from emergency departments (EDs) and patients are waiting hours and sometimes days to be admitted to a hospital room. Hospitals are finding it hard to get specialist physicians to come to treat emergency patients. Our EDs demand a new way of thinking. They are not at a tipping point; they are at a break