Tired of wasting time in ER waiting rooms?
Value added wait time is a big focus for our patients, they want to get back home ASAP and stop being a patient. This study from the Annals of Emergency Medicine looks at the effects of waiting room work-ups. Pretty intuitive...they work! Initiating Diagnostic Studies on Patients c AP in the Waiting Room Decreases Time Spent in an ED Bed (and Total ED LOS): A RCT Begaz T, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;69(3):298-307. STUDY OBJECTIVE: The effect of [...]








