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Interventions to Improve the Timeliness of Emergency Care
Author(s) -
Handel Daniel,
Epstein Stephen,
Khare Rahul,
Abernethy Denise,
Klauer Kevin,
Pilgrim Randy,
Soremekun Olan,
Sayan Osman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01230.x
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , medicine , emergency department , breakout , session (web analytics) , medical emergency , quality (philosophy) , emergency medical services , quality management , nursing , operations management , management system , philosophy , finance , epistemology , world wide web , computer science , economics
ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18:1295–1302 © 2011 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract With a persistent trend of increasing emergency department (ED) volumes every year, services are intensifying. Thus, improving the timeliness of delivering emergency care should be a primary focus, both from an operational and from a research perspective. Much has been published on factors associated with delays in emergency care, and the next phase in this area of research will focus on exploring interventions to improve the timeliness of care. On June 1, 2011, Academic Emergency Medicine held a consensus conference titled “Interventions to Assure Quality in the Emergency Department.” This article summarizes the findings of the breakout session that investigated interventions to improve the timeliness of emergency care. This article will explore the background on the concept of timeliness of emergency care, the current state of interventions that have been implemented to improve timeliness, and specific questions as a framework for a future research agenda.