Identifying Patient Door-to-Room Goals to Minimize Left-Without-Being-Seen Rates

Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients in the leave-without-being-seen (LWBS) group risk problems of inefficiency, medical risk, and financial loss. The goal at our hospital is to limit LWBS to <1%. This study’s goal was to assess the influence on LWBS associated with prolonging inter...

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Main Authors: Shea Pielsticker, Lori Whelan, Annette O. Arthur, Stephen Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2015-10-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/6bd9n4p6