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  • Emergency Medicine
  • Patient Safety
  • Healthcare Management

Background:

  • Emergency department (ED) crowding and patient boarding are critical public health issues.
  • These conditions are independently linked to increased patient morbidity and mortality.
  • The association between ED crowding, boarding, and medical errors requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between emergency department crowding and boarding and the occurrence of medical errors.
  • To determine if ED crowding and boarding are independent risk factors for departmental errors.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective cohort study analyzed 250,049 patient encounters from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2023.
  • Incident rate ratios were calculated, controlling for patient age, gender, Emergency Severity Index (ESI) level, ED work score, and crowding surge capacity activation.
  • Primary exposures were crowding and boarding; the outcome of interest was the presence of an adjudicated error.

Main Results:

  • An overall error rate of 500 per 100,000 patient encounters was observed.
  • Patients who were boarding in the ED had a higher likelihood of error (adjusted incidence-rate ratio [aIRR] 1.60).
  • Higher acuity patients (ESI 1 and 2) also showed an increased likelihood of error (aIRR 2.9 and 1.5, respectively).

Conclusions:

  • While ED crowding and boarding did not directly correlate with a higher likelihood of errors in this study, specific patient factors are associated with increased risk.
  • Higher acuity patients and those experiencing boarding within the ED demonstrated an elevated risk of medical errors.
  • These findings underscore the importance of addressing patient acuity and boarding status to enhance patient safety in emergency departments.