161 Transportation Preferences of Patients Discharged From the Emergency Department in the Era of Ride-Sharing Apps

Abstract

weekdays (161,172, 174). Vertical treatment space utilization rose significantly during all time periods. Boarding hours declined during PRE but rose significantly during post PIP installments. Total ED capacity significantly rose during all periods. On days of PIP implementation, POST2 created $150,000 of additional daily revenue and $50,000 of incremental daily net profit when compared to PRE.Conclusions: A weekday PIP outperforms weekends without PIP and improves ED flow with the majority of gains coming from the morning installment. A PIP creates functional ED capacity and is cost effective in a previously crowded ED, allowing more patients to safely be managed while significantly increasing revenue and profit generation. Without simultaneous back-end process changes, a PIP is associated with an increase in ED boarding as well as utilization of hallway and chair treatment spaces.