Methods: This systematic review utilized original research articles published from 1st
January 2007, to 1st January 2019. Relevant articles from the PubMed (MEDLINE) …

Emergency department (ED) crowding, a common and serious phenomenon in many
countries, lacks standardized definition and measurement methods. This systematic review …

Overcrowding with associated delays in patient care is a problem faced by emergency
departments (EDs) worldwide. ED overcrowding can be the result of poor ED department …

Background Emergency department (ED) triage is performed to prioritize care for patients
with critical and time-sensitive illness. Triage errors create opportunity for increased …

Objectives The emergency department (ED) is characterized by stressors (eg, fatigue, stress,
time pressure, and complex decision‐making) that can pose challenges to delivering high …

Objectives Examine trends in mental health-related emergency department (ED) visits,
changes in disposition and length of stay (LOS), describe disposition by age and estimate …

The objective of the study is to determine the association between emergency department
(ED) crowding and preventable medical errors (PME). This was a retrospective cohort study …

Objectives Despite the substantial body of literature on emergency department (ED)
crowding, to the best of our knowledge, there is no agreement on the measure or measures …

BACKGROUND: Boarding of inpatients in the Emergency Department (ED) has been widely
recognized as a major contributor to ED crowding and a cause of adverse outcomes. We …

We conducted a pre‐and postintervention analysis to assess the impact of a process
improvement project at the Cambridge Hospital ED. Through a comprehensive and …