Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is no longer a short‑term surge problem. For many health systems, it has become a ...

As a result of these efforts, the median time patients spend waiting for an inpatient bed after an emergency department decision to admit has been reduced significantly, declining from more than 13 ...

This study investigates hospital strategies used to inform patients of anticipated wait times in the Emergency Department (ED) and the association of such strategies with patient throughput efficiency ...