Crowding in the Emergency Department: Challenges for the Care of Children.

Toni K Gross; Natalie E Lane; Nathan L Timm; Gregory P. Conners; Toni Gross; Jennifer Hoffmann; Benson Hsu; Lois Lee; Jennifer Marin; Suzan Mazor; Ronald Paul; Mohsen Saidinejad; Muhammad Waseem; Mark X. Cicero; Paul Ishimine; Andrew Eisenberg; Mary Fallat; Patricia Fanflik; Cynthia Wright Johnson; Sara Kinsman; Cynthiana Lightfoot; Charles Macias; Katherine Remick; Sam Shahid; Elizabeth Stone; Joseph L. Wright; James Callahan; Javier Gonzalez del Rey; Madeline M. Joseph; Elizabeth H. Mack; Nathan Timm; Ann Dietrich; Brian Moore; Diane Pilkey; Mohsen Saidinejad; Sally K. Snow; Sue Tellez

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Crowding in the Emergency Department: Challenges for the Care of Children.

March 15, 2023

Gross TK, Lane NE, Timm NL, et al. Pediatrics. 2023;151(3):e2022060971-e2022060972.

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Emergency room crowding is a persistent factor that degrades safety for patients of all ages. This collection provides background, best practices, and recommendations to reduce emergency department crowding and its negative impact on pediatric care. The publications examine factors that influence crowding and improvement at the input, departmental, and hospital/outpatient stages of emergency care.

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