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glaring omission in hospital ranking and quality grading programs: emergency department boarding.
- Source :
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International Journal for Quality in Health Care . Dec2021, Vol. 33 Issue 4, p1-2. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Hospitals in the United States are assessed and ranked by several agencies and services, including U.S. News & World Report. Frequently, though, the key hospital throughput metric of inpatient boarding time in the emergency department (ED) is not considered when ranking hospitals. As a result, there is a discordance in which highly ranking hospitals may be poor performers in boarding of patients, a practice with known adverse safety effects. This article outlines the rationale for considering ED boarding in hospital ranking and quality assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13534505
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal for Quality in Health Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154736968
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/intqhc/mzab156