ReviewClinical and experimental emergency medicine2016
Improving emergency department patient flow.
Review in Clinical and experimental emergency medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04789902 (A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial Designed to Evaluate the Effects of SurgeCon), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial Designed to Evaluate the Effects of SurgeCon: A Quality Improvement Surge Management Platform
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Prolonged length of stay and associated factors among emergency department patients in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC emergency medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Methodological Approaches to Support Process Improvement in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
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- The Use of Machine Learning in Emergency Care Units: A Systematic Review.Journal of primary care & community healthPooled it
- Outcomes Following a Mental Health Care Intervention for Children in the Emergency Department: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Safety and Effectiveness of Fast-Track Systems in Pediatric Urgent Care Units: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- Healthcare Cost Associated with an Acute Mental Healthcare Bundle in Pediatric Emergency Departments.PharmacoEconomics - open · 2026Article
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- RETRACTED: Artificial intelligence for emergency medical care.Health care science · 2025Review
- Streaming and redirection of lower acuity adult patients attending the ED: patient and staff experience.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2025Article
- Non-urgent patients in emergency centres in Western Cape district health services.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2025Article
- Avoidable visits to the paediatric emergency department: associated factors and lessons learned from the pandemic.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Illnesses Associated With Increased Length of Stay for Individuals Experiencing Homelessness: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalisations.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Oncology-related emergencies discharged from the emergency department.Singapore medical journal · 2025Article
- The Use of Clinical Pathways in Emergency Departments: A Scoping Review.Health services insights · 2025Review
- The foundation for the microbiology laboratory's essential role in diagnostic stewardship: an ASM Laboratory Practices Subcommittee report.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2024Review
- Evaluating the Impact of Casino-Shifts on Patient Flow in an Emergency Department: A Pilot Study.Cureus · 2024Article
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Emergency departments (ED) face significant challenges in delivering high quality and timely patient care on an ever-present background of increasing patient numbers and limited hospital resources. A mismatch between patient demand and the ED's capacity to deliver care often leads to poor patient flow and departmental crowding. These are associated with reduction in the quality of the care delivered and poor patient outcomes. A literature review was performed to identify evidence-based strategies to reduce the amount of time patients spend in the ED in order to improve patient flow and reduce crowding in the ED. The use of doctor triage, rapid assessment, streaming and the co-location of a primary care clinician in the ED have all been shown to improve patient flow. In addition, when used effectively point of care testing has been shown to reduce patient time in the ED. Patient flow and departmental crowding can be improved by implementing new patterns of working and introducing new technologies such as point of care testing in the ED.
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