How can changing the OR schedule ease ED overcrowding and patient boarding?
It has been scientifically proven that periods of ED diversions and overcrowding are more often caused by surges in scheduled surgeries than by problems with ED volume or internal processes. Surprisingly, the main root of ED overcrowding and boarding is the unavailability of inpatient beds that have been filled by scheduled surgical admissions, usually in the middle and later half of a typical week.
