Background: The most acute patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) requirean admission to the inpatient setting. A timely triage and admission process can improve the outcomes of these critically ill patients. Forty-six percent of admissions through our ED are admitted across multiple medicine services. We originally utilized a rotating Medical Admitting Resident (MAR) to [...]

Background: Geographic localization is the practice of assigning physician and advanced practice provider teams to patients located in the same inpatient unit. Poor localization of hospital medicine teams at our institution was identified as a top cause of increased Emergency Department boarding and Length Of Stay (LOS). The purpose of our process improvement project is [...]