From medWireNews, reporting on an article in the Journal of Hospital Medicine:
Implementing a hospital medicine-led emergency department (HMED) team could reduce the number of times such departments are forced to divert new patients because of a lack of beds, as well as improve patient flow, show study findings.
Specifically, rates of unnecessary transfers to medicine units decreased and rates of discharge from the ED increased after the HMED system was implemented.
ED staff at the Denver Health Medical Center in Colorado, USA, which introduced the program also reported very high levels of satisfaction with it, and the decreased diversion rates accounted for over US$ 500,000 (€ 398,800) increased annual revenue, say the researchers.
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