title: Reduce risks of patients who leave too soon.
abstract: Patients who leave without being seen present many risks for patient outcomes and liability. Don't assume that patients who leave do not have life-threatening conditions. Call back patients to ask them to return, and see them quickly if they do. Keep statistics on patients who leave to show to accreditation surveyors and to use when developing budgets for the ED.
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States