Impact of a patient-flow physician coordinator on waiting times and length of stay in an emergency department: A before-after cohort study.

Impact of a patient-flow physician coordinator on waiting times and length of stay in an emergency department: A before-after cohort study.

OBJECTIVE:Overcrowding is common in most emergency departments (ED). Despite the use of validated triage systems, some patients are at risk of delayed medical evaluation. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of a patient-flow physician coordinator (PFPC) on the proportion of patients...

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Main Authors: Marta Morais Oliveira, Christophe Marti, Majd Ramlawi, François P Sarasin, Olivier Grosgurin, Pierre-Alexandre Poletti, Frédéric Rouyer, Olivier T Rutschmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209035

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