Meeting
Abstract Number: 85
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Most patient discharges(DC) from hospitals occur in the afternoons, thus creating patient flow and potentially patient safety issues. This creates increased ER boarding hours and delays interunit patient transfers between ICU, stepdown and medical units. Sick patients may not be getting the appropriate level of care due to lack of higher level of care beds. Purpose: To increase […]