title: Avoiding a crowd in the ED.
abstract: Successfully respond to patient throughput challenges, such as bottlenecks and lack of resources.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Linda Jinks
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Honeycutt
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D001509:Bed Occupancy; D003441:Crowding; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D010343:Patient Admission; D014850:Waiting Lists