title: Want to keep patients flowing out of the waiting room? Don't have chairs.
abstract: You can't always make your ED bigger, but you can reduce patient logjams with creative strategies. *Encourage the public to see their primary care providers for nonurgent medical treatment before going to the ED. * Remote monitoring systems enable you to house patients in locations separate from your ED. * Look for underutilized space in your hospital that can be converted to an additional unit.
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D003441:Crowding; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care; D014481:United States; D014850:Waiting Lists