Legal aspects of Healthcare

Hospital crowding and the boarding of medical patients in the ED continues to occur despite overwhelming literature that associates this practice with serious patient safety issues and higher mortality rates. This can be a issue for both mentally ill patients and physically ill patients. Instead of a quiz this week there will be an additional discussion post.

Pick either a mentally ill or physically ill type of patient, explain how boarding impacts patient flow, how it impacts the patients health, and explain as a health care administrator what you would do to attempt to decrease patient boarding.