Patients overwhelmingly prefer inpatient boarding to emergency department boarding.

Background: Boarding of admitted patients in the emergency department (ED) is a major cause of crowding. One alternative to boarding in the ED, a full-capacity protocol where boarded patients are redeployed to inpatient units, can reduce crowding and improve overall flow.

Objective: Our aim was to compare patient satisfaction with boarding in the ED vs.

The association between transfer of emergency department boarders to inpatient hallways and mortality: a 4-year experience.

Study Objective: We developed and implemented an institutional protocol aimed at reducing crowding by admitting boarded patients to hospital inpatient hallways. We hypothesized that transfer of admitted patients from the emergency department (ED) to inpatient hallways would be feasible and not create patient harm.

Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study in a suburban, academic ED with an annual census of 70,000.

Emergency department activation of an interventional cardiology team reduces door-to-balloon times in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction.

Study Objective: American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines recommend door-to-balloon times of fewer than 90 minutes in patients with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that immediate activation of an interventional cardiology team (code H) would reduce the time to percutaneous coronary intervention by 1 hour and increase the proportion of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes of arrival.

Methods: Study design was a before-and-after trial in an academic suburban emergency department (ED) with a certified cardiac catheterization laboratory.