Emergency department wait times: Explaining, reducing and the effect of COVID-19

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Emergency department wait times: Explaining, reducing and the effect of COVID-19

April 22, 2020

by Nazlim Bilgi, Albert Huynh, Tania Namrud, and Pouriya Sadeghighazichaki

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Looks at what contributes to wait times in emergency departments and how to reduce it along with special notes regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This video features an in-depth explanation of the contributors to the waiting time in the emergency department and how you can work to reduce it. It also features some special notes about the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was created for the Hamilton Health Sciences.

A special thank you to Dr. Shawn Mondoux for taking time out of his schedule to help us create this video.

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References

Ding, Y., Park, E., Nagarajan, M., & Grafstein, E. (2019). Patient Prioritization in Emergency Department Triage Systems: An Empirical Study of the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. DOI:10.1287/msom.2018.0719
Hamilton Emergency Wait Times. (2020). Retrieved March 23, 2020.
Vashi, A. A., Sheikhi, F. H., Nashton, L. A., Ellman, J., Rajagopal, P., & Asch, S. M. (2018). Applying Lean Principles to Reduce Wait Times in a VA Emergency Department. Military Medicine. DOI:10.1093/milmed/usy165

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Emergency department wait times: Explaining, reducing and the effect of COVID-19

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