Myth-conceptions of ER overcrowding
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
Myth Busters Trial – ED access block
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Credit: Dr David Mountain from the ACEM Access Block Solutions Summit
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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