Developing an emergency department crowding dashboard: a design science approach

The fact that most emergency departments (EDs) are often crowded is well known amongst healthcare professionals and repeatedly described within the literature [2,13]; Pitts et al., 2012; Verelst et al., 2014). Emergency department (ED) crowding has been linked to negative consequences for both patients (e.g., mortality and morbidity) and caregivers (e.g., work related stress and burnout) (Johnson and Winkelman, 2011). Although the recognition of the ED crowding problem began at least a decade ago, many unanswered questions remain.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - August 10, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Niels Martin, Jochen Bergs, Dorien Eerdekens, Beno ît Depaire, Sandra Verelst Source Type: research