...Kelly Elizabeth Pollock; Don Michael Cherry; Alok Kumar Dwivedi; Janisha Eubanks; Gretchen K. Carlisle; Carolyn J. Henry Purpose This exploratory study examined pet-related barriers to healthcare among emergency department patients and evaluated whether demographic characteristics and pet...

...Hadi Alizadeh; Edris Hasanpoor; Samira Raoofi; Elaheh Haghgoshayie Purpose Hospital emergency departments are critical healthcare units that manage urgent conditions and save lives. Service quality in emergency care is directly linked to patient satisfaction. This study aimed to assess service...

...Nikita Nikita; Ankit Singh Purpose This study aimed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of patient flow from the emergency department (ED) to the intensive care unit (ICU) in a super specialty hospital. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted in the emergency department...

...-sectional study was conducted on 385 randomly selected records of patients admitted to the emergency department of Shahid Beheshti Hospital in Kashan, Iran, in 2016. Data on five dimensions of quality, including accuracy, accessibility, timeliness, completeness and definition, were collected using...

... at emergency departments (EDs) seeking symptom relief. The purpose of this paper is to empirically characterize ED use by previously diagnosed IIH patients. Design/methodology/approach Patients diagnosed with IIH, and who registered with the Intracranial Hypertension Registry by 2014, were solicited...

.... The purpose of this paper is to report a qualitative study gathering in-depth data in an emergency department (ED). Design/methodology/approach The authors used empirical data from seven focus groups to understand patient experience as participants progressed through a major teaching hospital...

... events in the emergency department of a military hospital in Tehran to find out some of the effective solutions. Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative study with content analysis approach, 20 hospital healthcare personnel participated as participants from the fields of medicine and nursing...

...Mwali Muray; Charles H. Bélanger; Jamil Razmak Purpose The purpose of this paper is to document the need for implementing a fall prevention strategy in an emergency department (ED). The paper also spells out the research process that led to approving an assessment tool for use in hospital...

...Azar Hadadi; Patricia Khashayar; Mojgan Karbakhsh; Ali Vasheghani Farahani Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main reasons for discharge against medical advice (DAMA) in the emergency department (ED) of a teaching hospital in Tehran, Iran. Design/methodology/approach...