title: How a clinical coordinator improved emergency care.
abstract: A clinical ward coordinator role was developed within an emergency admissions ward. The aim was to reduce each patient's length of stay on the admissions ward and the waiting time for a bed in the emergency areas.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Admissions Ward, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lees
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration