American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1202-1209 , December 2008

Optimizing cardiology capacity to reduce emergency department boarding: A systems engineering approach

  • Scott R. Levin, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Scott Levin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Emergency Medicine, 5801 Smith Ave, Ste 3220, Baltimore, MD 21230.
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  • Robert Dittus, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashvillle, TN
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  • Dominik Aronsky, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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  • Matthew B. Weinger, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashvillle, TN
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  • Jin Han, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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  • Jeffrey Boord, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
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  • Daniel France, PhD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
    • Center for Perioperative Research in Quality, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Received 20 May 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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PII: S0002-8703(08)00617-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.07.007

American Heart Journal
Volume 156, Issue 6 , Pages 1202-1209 , December 2008

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