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ACEP4U: Defending YOU by Demanding an End to the Boarding Crisis

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ACEP helped make the summit possible by mobilizing Congress to request action from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the Leadership and Advocacy Conference in 2023. ACEP will continue pushing these groups to work harder to solve boarding issues, to improve patient safety, and to protect emergency physicians.

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ED Boarding

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It should also differentiate boarding times for psychiatric patients, who are at high risk for very prolonged boarding. Funds could be used to hire additional physicians or advanced practice clinicians to augment clinical gaps, or to provide leadership. The admission LOS measure formerly reported only the median time.