Going with the (patient) flow. JCAHO's 'watered down' ER patient-management standard relieves hospital executives, disappoints docs.
It started as a proposed JCAHO standard to address emergency room overcrowding. But after a lobbying blitz from hospitals, its focus was transformed to managing patient flow throughout a facility. ER doctors charge the standard was watered down. JCAHO officials disagree, saying the initial document focused too much attention on the ER.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D012015:Reference Standards; D014481:United States