Decreasing boarders in the emergency department by reducing clerical work in the discharge process of in-hospital patients in Brazil – an interrupted time-series analysis

Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) boarding is related to in-hospital patients' discharge since no beds will be available for receiving ED patients if there is a delay for patients in the yard leaving the hospital. New techniques implemented in hospital institutions, such as digital...

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Main Authors: Diego Marques Moroço, Antonio Pazin-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-06-01
Series:BMC Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-022-00656-y