Expanding acute care treatment and disposition options: Creating a post-ED rapid clinic follow-up program
The post-ED rapid clinic follow-up program has been successful and provided a safe alternative to hundreds of patients who would otherwise have been admitted and often boarding in our ED for hours to days. Health systems dealing with capacity challenges may consider implementing an individualized version of this program.
Authors
- Patty W. Wright
- Chetan V. Aher
- Tyler W. Barrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1990-7131)
- J R Young
- C. Blayke Gibson
- Douglas W. Wallace (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7714-8156)
- Nathaniel Miller
- Henry Gerard Colmer
- Sarah K. Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-0158)
- Stephan Russ
- M Sexton
Institutions
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2025.04.054
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00