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Survey: Docs say patient flow affects quality of care

Case Management Weekly, May 16, 2007

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A recent survey of physician leaders found that one of the most pervasive problems affecting quality of care is patient flow because of the huge backups in ED's.

The American College of Physician Executives' (ACPE) 2007 Quality of Care Survey was completed by 1,155 physicians in hospitals, group practices, and other healthcare organizations.

"The hospital is overcrowded, resulting in closure of the ED to new patients 30% of the time," one physician respondent wrote, according to an ACPE release on the survey. "Patients are kept in the ED holding beds for up to two days, waiting for beds in the hospital. More inpatient beds are available, but floors are kept closed because staffing them would cost too much."

The survey was conducted in February and the results are being published in the May/June issue of The Physician Executive Journal of Medical Management, published by the ACPE

Source: Patient Flow Weekly, HCPro, Inc

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Many California EDs dangerously crowded

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