title: Speed up orders for inpatients held in ED.
abstract: You need a policy to ensure that important orders are carried out for admitted patients being held in the ED. ED physicians should not succumb to pressure to write inpatient orders. Transitional orders can be used for stable inpatients during their stay in the ED. By using transitional orders, inpatients being held in the ED can be sent upstairs more quickly.
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010343:Patient Admission; D017748:Time Management; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States