Implementation of a structured emergency nursing framework results in significant cost benefit

• Main Authors: Kate Curtis (Author), Prabhu Sivabalan (Author), David S. Bedford (Author), Julie Considine (Author), Alfa D'Amato (Author), Nada Shepherd (Author), Margaret Fry (Author), Belinda Munroe (Author), Ramon Z. Shaban (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patients are at risk of deterioration on discharge from an emergency department (ED) to a ward, particularly in the first 72 h. The implementation of a structured emergency nursing framework (HIRAID) in regional New South Wales (NSW), Australia, resulted in a 50% reduction of cli...