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Door-to-doc model improves ED flow, cuts costs
Hospital leaders looking to improve care delivery while lowering costs should focus their operations management efforts on the emergency department (ED) and should consider embracing the door-to-doc
ED visits reach 136M despite efforts to reduce crowding
Despite various efforts to reduce emergency department (ED) crowding--posting wait times, diverting patients--visits to the ED jumped 10 percent in one year to a new high of more than 136 million
Emergency department directors want to offer more preventive services
Call it mission creep. As the ongoing debate about the proper role of emergency departments rages, it turns out most EDs offer preventive services (90 percent), according to a survey written up in
ER patients expect doctor's care, not NP's or PA's
Most patients who show up at hospital emergency rooms don't want to be treated by just any white coat. Eighty percent of ER patients expect to see a physician, according to an article published
