title: New strategies for ER admissions.
abstract: Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, operates a Level 1 emergency department. Last year, nearly 89,000 adults and children were treated; one-third were brought in with life-threatening conditions. This year, the emergency department expects to handle more than 100,000 patients. Patients with nonemergency problems sometimes wait four to six hours before being seen by a physician. Others get discouraged and leave.
authors.affiliation: Office of Public Affairs, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, USA. dangell1@hfhs.org
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Angell
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chesney
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D008824:Michigan; D010343:Patient Admission; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care