Escalating ER Wait Times Raise Concern Over State|Sanctioned ...

Overcrowding and Long Wait Times: A State of Emergency for ...

Experts have identified the increase in patient numbers as a possible cause of overcrowding in emergency departments. The patient surge has significantly ...

Overcrowding in Emergency Department: Causes, Consequences ...

Overcrowding is due to a number of factors that in most cases lead to an increase in the number of people within the ED, an increase in mortality and morbidity, ...

On Hold: Dire delays at hospital ERs create long waits for ...

Experts say extended ...

Why are some ERs swamped? - Becker's Hospital Review

A combination of systemic issues converge in ERs, leading to long wait times and inefficiencies for patients.

Senate investigating whether ER care has been harmed by growing ...

Gary Peters said he was concerned that emergency medicine staffing companies "may be engaging in cost-saving measures at the expense of patient ...

The impact of government funding on hospital emergency waiting ...

Healthcare systems internationally have experienced rising waiting times for emergency treatment. Greater grant funding is an effective way ...

Long emergency room waits may lead patients to seek help for ...

Long wait times in the emergency room often draw frustration from patients. But more time spent waiting to be seen in a hospital emergency ...

Emergency Department Overcrowding: A Manageable Crisis

Space/flow problems occur when boarded patients take up valuable space in the ED, impacting patient flow and increasing wait times. This can ...

Improving Timeliness of Emergency Department Care | PSNet

With over 90% of EDs reporting routine crowding, it is a major barrier to timely emergency care as patients “often face long waiting times to be ...

Patients wait hours for ER admission due to Mission's excessive ...

News 13 has learned ambulance handoff times in 2023 at Mission Hospital forced hundreds of patients to wait more than an hour for transfer ...

As ER overcrowding worsens, a program helping to ease the crisis ...

Hospital bed shortages mean some who go to the ER can be stuck there for days or weeks. Yet a federal program meant to ease patient boarding ...

Emergency Department Escalation in Theory and Practice: A Mixed ...

Care delivery organizations commonly develop “escalation policies” for managing crowding and surges in emergency department (ED) demand. The effectiveness of ...

The Effect of Wait Time Targets in Emergency Departments | NBER

One concern is that such policies could lead providers to make decisions that compromise the quality of patient care. On the other hand, it is not clear whether ...

Sociodemographic Disparities in Queue Jumping for Emergency ...

... escalation in the care level requested during their time ... Racial/ethnic disparities in emergency department wait times in the United States, ...

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center warns of longer waits in the ED

... with “less-pressing healthcare concerns” to expect extended wait times in the emergency ...

Factors Contributing to Reductions in Patient Wait Times at Indian ...

For the primary quantitative analyses of the emergency department and the primary care wait time data, ASPE assessed the percentage of months ...

Lawmakers look to take wide-ranging approach ... - Maryland Matters

Maryland has some of the longest emergency room wait times in the nation, but state lawmakers want to ensure that Marylanders with dire health needs can ...

Emergency department crowding hits crisis levels, risking patient ...

In two studies, Yale researchers describe widespread, worsening emergency department boarding and crowding. It puts patient safety and ...

Here's how fix E.R. wait times in Md.: Cut hospital executive salaries ...

Maryland leads the nation in Emergency Room extended wait times. As directors of E.R.s at Maryland hospitals, we faced this more than 30 ...

Waiting times in emergency departments: exploring the factors ...

Results Higher inpatient bed occupancy was correlated with longer ED waiting times, with a non-linear association. In a full hospital, with 100% bed occupancy, ...