Author Affiliation Margaret K. Sande, MD, MS Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Kerry B. Broderick, MD Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Maria E. Moreira, MD Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Brooke Bender, MPH Denver […]
Introduction: We tested the effect of a brief disposition process intervention on residents’ time to disposition and emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) in high acuity ED patients.
Conclusion: Prompting residents to enter administrative disposition orders in high acuity patients is associated with significant reduction in both time to disposition and ED LOS.
We hypothesized that a geriatric chief complaint–based didactic curriculum would improve resident documentation of elderly patient care in the emergency department (ED).
Sign-out (SO) is a challenge to the emergency physician. Some training programs have instituted overlapping 9-hour shifts. The residents see patients for eight hours, and have one hour of wrap-up time. This hour helps them complete patient care, leaving fewer patients to sign-out. We examined whether this strategy impacts SO burden.
