title: ED screening changes put pressure on competitors.
abstract: Counseling patients about other options for nonurgent care can help ease the pressure on your ED. This process has the potential to decompress your ED by as much as 40%. Implementing post-screening counseling will put pressure on your competitors to follow suit. If the patient does not have an emergency condition, seek confirmation of payer source before treatment.
mesh_terms: D003441:Crowding; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005431:Florida; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration*