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Urgent Matters Reports

Bursting at the Seams: Improving Patient Flow to Help America’s Hospitals
Perfecting Patient Flow: America’s Safety Net Hospitals and Emergency Department Crowding
Walking a Tightrope: The State of the Safety Net in 10 U.S. Communities

 

About Urgent Matters 

Urgent Matters, a national initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is dedicated to finding, developing and delivering strategies to improve patient flow and reduce emergency department (ED) crowding. Urgent Matters highlights patient flow best practices through its educational activities including: e-newsletters, web seminars, and regional conferences.

Currently, Urgent Matters is working with six hospitals in Learning Network II to improve patient flow and reduce emergency department crowding.


Urgent Matters E-Newsletter (Subscribe)

Each issue of the E-Newsletter contains a best practice, innovation, and perspective article on issues related to emergency department crowding.

Volume 5, Issue 1: Emergency ManagementVolume 4, Issue 4: Integrating Pre-hospital and Hospital Care Volume 4, Issue 3: Employee and Patient Satisfaction Affects Patient FlowAdditional Issues

In The News

6/30/09 Study: 47,000 walker/cane injuries treated in EDs annually 

6/28/09 ER wait time endanger health 

6/25/09 ED wait times drop slightly; patient satisfaction rises

6/24/09 Reform patient behavior first 

6/24/09 Emergency Room Waiting Times Increasing

6/23/09 Waiting isn't ER patients' top issue 

6/22/09 Mystery Shoppers Derided as Unethical, but Still Widely Used in EDs

In The News Archive
 

 

  Urgent Matters Spotlight

Urgent Matters Learning Network II Launched
Six hospitals have been selected to participate in Urgent Matters Learning Network II to improve patient flow and reduce emergency department crowding.

CDC Releases New ED Data
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has released new data on emergency department utilization in the United States.

Urgent Matters Assesses Emergency Care in the District of Columbia
RAND and GWU recently released a working paper describing interim findings from a study of the health and health care service delivery system in Washington, DC, including emergency health services.

 

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