Emergency department operations in a large health system during COVID-19

Emergency department operations in a large health system during COVID-19

•The initial COVID-19 pandemic led to decreased ED volumes across a health system.•Decreased ED volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic led to improved operations metrics.•Hospital decompression led to decreased boarding times during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2021-03, Vol.41, p.241-243
Hauptverfasser: Cohen, Brett A., Wessling, Emily G., Serina, Peter T., Cruz, Daniel S., Kim, Howard S., McCarthy, Danielle M., Loftus, Timothy M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Chicago - epidemiology
Coronaviridae
Coronaviruses
COVID
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
Decompression
Disaster
Emergency department
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Emergency preparedness
Emergency Service, Hospital - organization & administration
Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Facilities and Services Utilization
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Length of Stay
Operations
Pandemic
Pandemics
Patients
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Surgery
Time-to-Treatment
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Zusammenfassung:•The initial COVID-19 pandemic led to decreased ED volumes across a health system.•Decreased ED volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic led to improved operations metrics.•Hospital decompression led to decreased boarding times during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.097