Managing emergency department crowding through improved triaging and resource allocation

Managing emergency department crowding through improved triaging and resource allocation

Long waiting times in emergency departments (EDs) not only reduce patients’ perceived quality of care, but also increase crowding which can adversely affect patients’ outcomes. Waiting time has been found to affect patients’ outcomes and is closely associated with delays in the provision of ancillar...

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Main Authors: YANG, Kum Khiong, LAM, Sean Shao Wei, LOW, Joyce M. W., ONG, Marcus Eng Hock
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
Subjects:
Emergency department
Triaging
Healthcare quality improvement
Simulation
Medicine and Health Sciences
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4945
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5944/viewcontent/ManagingEmergencyDepartmentCrowding_2016_afv.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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