Feature March 22, 2016 David Rossi

Emergency care system designs new prototype to tackle overcrowding

The number of patients visiting emergency departments (EDs) has outpaced the growth of the general population for the past decade. Add to that the fact that the overall number of EDs has declined 11 percent, according to the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, and it’s clear that the ED landscape has a capacity issue.

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