Emergency department (ED) crowding is a widespread problem and a source of patient harm.

Mar 28, 2016 · Crowding creates operational ineficiency in the ED, and has particularly concerning consequences on critically ill patients ssues are dwarfed by hospital-wide flow …

Staffing shortages have brought this issue to a crisis point, with emergency physicians and nurses leaving the workforce at unprecedented rates, citing burnout and moral distress caused by …

Crowding, boarding, and or patient throughput delays are associated with deleterious patient outcomes, negative impacts on emergency staff, and disruption of communities’ overall …

Hospitals will soon report ED crowding measures to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). ED crowding compromises community trust. ED crowding can be mitigated …

Personal space may be interrelated with crowding via the behavioral restraint model in another way as well. Perhaps a potent cause of the experience of being crowded is the situation in …

We aimed to synthesize the current literature of the causes, harms, and measures of crowding in emergency departments around the world. The review is guided by the current PRIOR …