SNHP | Senior Nursing Poster Session
Patient Flow Management Policy: Solutions for Emergency Department Boarding and Overcrowding
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Senior
Major
Nursing
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Dr. Hobbs
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
Emergency departments are seeing an increasing number of patients resulting in overcrowded emergency departments and hospitals. This leaves many patients waiting longer to be seen as well as boarded in the emergency department for extended periods of time while waiting to be placed into an inpatient room. As policies regarding “pay-for-performance” continue to emerge, hospital policies and procedures should be evolved in order to accommodate this. Current policies and the latest evidence-based research were analyzed in order to create a policy to prevent patient overcrowding and boarding within the emergency department and hospital. This new policy encompasses the utilization of research supported strategies. These include implementing a bed manager, inpatient boarding, discharge management, and management of bed turnaround. These measures have the potential to decrease wait times within the emergency department, increase the amount of patients seen in the emergency department, decrease the amount of boarding, and promote positive outcomes for patients.
Spring Scholars Week 2018 Event
Senior Nursing Poster Session
Patient Flow Management Policy: Solutions for Emergency Department Boarding and Overcrowding
Emergency departments are seeing an increasing number of patients resulting in overcrowded emergency departments and hospitals. This leaves many patients waiting longer to be seen as well as boarded in the emergency department for extended periods of time while waiting to be placed into an inpatient room. As policies regarding “pay-for-performance” continue to emerge, hospital policies and procedures should be evolved in order to accommodate this. Current policies and the latest evidence-based research were analyzed in order to create a policy to prevent patient overcrowding and boarding within the emergency department and hospital. This new policy encompasses the utilization of research supported strategies. These include implementing a bed manager, inpatient boarding, discharge management, and management of bed turnaround. These measures have the potential to decrease wait times within the emergency department, increase the amount of patients seen in the emergency department, decrease the amount of boarding, and promote positive outcomes for patients.