SynthesisHERD2023
The Impact of the Healthcare Environment on Patient Experience in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review to Understand the Implications for Patient-Centered Design.
Synthesis in HERD, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A Systematic Review of Built Environment Interventions to Improve Patient and Staff Outcomes in Emergency Department Mental and Behavioral Healthcare.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Pooled it
- An interdisciplinary mixed-methods systematic review of multidimensional factors shaping the outpatient waiting experience.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Operationalizing Patient Experience Data as a System Feedback Asset in Learning Health Systems: Learnings From Model of Care Redesign at Trillium Health Partners.Learning health systems · 2026Article
- Clinicians' Experiences in Care Delivery to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Patients in the Emergency Department: A Social Ecological Perspective.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Key factors influencing patient satisfaction in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- The Aggression and Violence Evaluation of Risk Tool: A Context-Specific Instrument to Assess Risk of Violence in the Emergency Department.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Observational
- Factors Associated with Emergency Department Utilization among Older Black Adults with Chronic Illness in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Temporal Patterns of Healthcare Provider Referrals in an Emergency Department Research Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Uncovering 'Weak signals' through patient journey mapping to inform the future redesign of the medical consultation room.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- A Real-Time Prospective Evaluation of the Prognostic Accuracy of SIRS, MEWS, NEWS2 and qSOFA in Predicting ICU Admission and Mortality in an Emergency Department: Implications for Nursing Practice.Nursing in critical care · 2026Observational
- From Simulation to the Clinical Area: A Mixed-Methods Study Comparing Skills Laboratory Proficiency and Clinical Performance (RLE) Among Nursing Students in a Philippine University.Advances in medical education and practice · 2026Article
- Reassessing the emergency department burden of influenza: A comprehensive real-world analysis using administrative data.PloS one · 2026Article
- A mixed-methods study of patient grievances with phlebotomy services at a tertiary care hospital in eastern India.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- The Effect of Live Environmental Music Therapy and Prerecorded Music on State Anxiety, Stress, Pain, and Well-Being Levels of Patients and Caregivers in the Emergency Department Waiting Room: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2025Article
- Improving Emergency Response: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional vs Artificial Intelligence-assisted Triage Systems in Health Care and Their Impact.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- Article
- Education and Music Intervention to Reduce Anxiety (EMIRA) in cardiac catheterization: intervention development.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2025Article
- Evaluation method for public guidance service interface design based on improved grey H-Convex correlation model: integrating layout aesthetics and user visual cognition.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Article
- Screening and Response for Adverse Social Determinants of Health in US Emergency Departments.JAMA network open · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe emergency department (ED) is a complex, volatile, and limited-resource healthcare setting. Many environmental factors, including high patient volumes, overburdened staff, long waits, and a tense atmosphere, converge in the ED. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review of extant literature to understand how the ED environment drives patient experience and identify methodological or empirical insights for patient-centered ED design.
methodsWe searched eight academic databases (Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Medline [Ovid], CINAHL, PyscInfo, Compendex, and IEEE Explore) to identify studies that employed observational (descriptive) or interventional (evaluative) methodology. We performed a co-citation analysis of potentially eligible articles and a qualitative synthesis of findings from studies included in our final sample.
resultsOur search yielded 117 records. Of the 35 potentially relevant articles, 18 were published in the last 5 years, and 50% were authored by investigators in the United States. We used 33 articles for a co-citation analysis, revealing three interdisciplinary clusters and promising potential for collaboration across fields. Thirty articles were subjected to a full-text analysis, resulting in the identification of three overarching dimensions linking the ED environment to patient experience.
conclusionThe most commonly identified factors influencing patient experience in the ED included overcrowding and wait times, privacy, and communication; however, existing literature is limited. More research is needed to understand how ED environments configure patient experience and can be improved through design. Particularly, there is little research on participatory interventional strategies in the ED, despite strong evidence suggesting a need for stakeholder participation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.