Psychiatric care in the emergency department: Converting boarding time to treatment time

Acad Emerg Med. 2022 Dec;29(12):1512-1514. doi: 10.1111/acem.14586. Epub 2022 Sep 4.

Authors

Inkyu Kim¹, Alice K Bukhman², Paul C Chen², Sejal B Shah³, Naomi A Schmelzer³, Da'Marcus E Baymon², Leon D Sanchez², Christopher W Baugh², Dana D Im²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Division of Medical Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 36006174
DOI: 10.1111/acem.14586

No abstract available

Keywords: boarding; emergency department; mental illness; psychiatric illness; psychiatry.

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Length of Stay
Mental Disorders* / diagnosis
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Patient Admission
Retrospective Studies
Time-to-Treatment*