A Hospitalist-Led Team to Manage Patient Boarding in the Emergency Department: Impact on Hospital Length of Stay and Cost

• Published in: Southern medical journal (Birmingham, Ala.) Vol. 112; no. 12; p. 599
• Main Authors: Hrycko, Alexander, Tiwari, Vishal, Vemula, Michael, Donovan, Ashley, Scibelli, Christine, Joshi, Kirti, Visintainer, Paul, Stefan, Mihaela S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Crowding; Emergency Service, Hospital; Hospital Bed Capacity; Hospitalists; Humans; Length of Stay - economics; Massachusetts; Patient Admission; Patient Care Team - organization & administration; Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data; Pilot Projects; Retrospective Studies; Massachusetts

Admitted patients boarding in the emergency department (ED) while awaiting inpatient beds represent a bottleneck in patient flow. We sought to examine the impact on patient flow and potential for cost savings by an active management of boarded ED medical admissions by a hospitalist-led team, which i...