Boarding Got You Down? Best Practices for Throughput and Excellent Care in a Boarding World

Monday, April 7, 2025

4:00pm – 4:20pm ET

Location: Trade - Lobby Level

CE: 0.25 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Andrew E. Muck, MD (he/him/his)

Chair
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Speaker(s)

Sarah Wendel, MD, MBA (she/her/hers)

Medical Director
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Andrew E. Muck, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Sarah Wendel, MD, MBA: No financial relationships to disclose

The session will review the scope of boarding and its impact on patient care in the emergency department. We will address best practices related to boarding with a review of the literature and emergency medicine publications. We will discuss both best practices for throughput and excellent care.

Learning Objectives:

Define the scope of emergency department boarding nationally, the impact on patient care, and the expected changes to boarding in the future.
Understand best practices to manage boarding that are in the realm of control of the emergency medicine physician and emergency department leadership.
Create a framework and toolkit for novel approaches to manage boarding and improve patient care within your community in a world where boarding continues to exist.