AHRQ Summit to Address Emergency Department Boarding: Technical Report
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Description
Report from an October 2024 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) summit to discuss emergency department boarding. Examines some of emergency physicians' biggest concerns and highlights possible solutions to address boarding head-on, including enhancing measurement and standards, re-aligning hospital incentives, and increasing support to empower emergency physicians to do their jobs effectively. Includes sections on rural patients and rural areas.
Author(s)
Robin M. Weinick, Sean Bruna, Rachael M. Boicourt, Sean S. Michael, Laura L. Sessums
Date
01/2025
Organization
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Tagged as
Behavioral health
· Emergency department and urgent care services
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Healthcare executives
· Physicians
· Policy
· Public health
· Reimbursement and payment models
· Surgery