Case Presentation: A 66-year-old female with a history of Cerebrovascular accident, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and osteoarthritis, presents to the hospital for worsening acute neck pain which had woken her up in the night a week prior. She had had minimal to no relief with Tylenol or Flexeril and her neck pain had continued […]

Background: Prolonged emergency department boarding times have been associated with poor patient satisfaction, adverse clinical outcomes, longer hospital stays, increased ambulance diversion, reduction in the possibility of increased revenue from additional patient services, and increased opportunity loss. A Benchmark transition metric following disposition has been proposed by the members of the emergency department (ED) Performance […]