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Steven Siemieniak1, Skylar Dehaan1, Aaron Matlock2
1Emergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, USA.
Abstract:
Emergency department (ED) lengths of stay (LOS) may be unnecessarily extended by inefficient consulting processes. Delays in initiating consultations, returning calls, consultant evaluation of patients, and communication of recommendations can contribute to potentially avoidable increases in LOS. Prolonged ED LOS has been shown to increase patient morbidity and mortality and to decrease patient satisfaction. We created a standardized procedure for ED-initiated consultations, with the goal of reducing the time to initial consultant callback, time to admission, and total ED LOS. Following our intervention, time to consultant callback was decreased; however, there was no reduction in total ED LOS for admitted patients.
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