Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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J Emerg Nurs
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Struggling to keep up with The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services out-patient throughput metrics, an adult emergency department serving Burlington and Camden Counties, New Jersey, sought to redefine its care delivery model by adopting the patient segmentation initiatives of the split-flow process of patient care. ⋯ Working collaboratively with all stakeholders to define the right patient care delivery model, combined with an understanding of the right resource assignments to optimally support that care delivery model, an emergency department can institute cost-effective changes to realize and sustain significant patient throughput improvements.