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Myth-conceptions of ER overcrowding

December 8, 2008 By 2 Comments

Major Myth-conceptions of ED overcrowding

  • Creation myths:
    • An ED problem due to GP type patients and inefficient EDs
  • Outcomes / management myth:
    • Poor patient outcomes are rare
    • Poor outcomes have minimal consequences
    • Therefore – ERs are good places to store excess admitted patients
  • Solution myths:
    • Access block is inevitable and insoluble AND / OR
    • Access block can be sorted out by GP clinics, telephone lines or bigger/ better ERs
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Comments

  1. Robert Fraser says:
    December 9, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Our Canadian Services Research Foundation actually has a series called “Mythbusters,” a regular publication breaking down healthcare myths.
    Lastest one is good, “In healthcare, more is always better.”

    http://www.chsrf.ca/mythbusters/index_e.php

    Reply
  2. Robert Fraser says:
    December 10, 2008 at 1:39 am

    Our Canadian Services Research Foundation actually has a series called “Mythbusters,” a regular publication breaking down healthcare myths.
    Lastest one is good, “In healthcare, more is always better.”

    http://www.chsrf.ca/mythbusters/index_e.php

    Reply

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