Abstract
The telephonic hand off process utilized to transfer ED boarders with assigned beds was causing major delays. The time from bed assignment to admission on the inpatient medical-surgical and telemetry units was 2 hours on average. This was contributing to overcrowding in the Emergency Department. The goal of this project was to expedite the movement of these patients in the Emergency Department to the medical-surgical and telemetry units by eliminating the telephonic hand off process and replacing it with an electronic hand off process.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Lead Author Affiliation
Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Literature Review
Research Approach
Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice
Keywords:
Electronic Hand-Off, Emergency Department Overcrowding, Boarders
Recommended Citation
Medina, Katherine, "Electronic handoff process for ED boarders admitted to medical-surgical and telemetry units" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 81.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2020/posters/81
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2020
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
Virtual Event
Conference Year
2020
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Electronic handoff process for ED boarders admitted to medical-surgical and telemetry units
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The telephonic hand off process utilized to transfer ED boarders with assigned beds was causing major delays. The time from bed assignment to admission on the inpatient medical-surgical and telemetry units was 2 hours on average. This was contributing to overcrowding in the Emergency Department. The goal of this project was to expedite the movement of these patients in the Emergency Department to the medical-surgical and telemetry units by eliminating the telephonic hand off process and replacing it with an electronic hand off process.