title: PACs help control patient flow.
authors.affiliation: Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Desiree
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brunelle
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rawlinson
mesh_terms: D000289:Admitting Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D002497:Centralized Hospital Services; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D010343:Patient Admission; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D013597:Systems Analysis; D014768:Virginia