Emergency department overcrowding in the United States: an emerging threat to patient safety and public health

By S. Trzeciak, E. Rivers. Emergency Medicine Journal, 2003

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Impact of delayed transfer of critically ill patients from the emergency department to the intensive care unit* (2007, background): “outcome, and the link between these contributing factors and ED boarding has been well-established (11–16), the specific impact on patient outcome remains unclear (16, 17).”
The multitasking clinician: Decision-making and cognitive demand during and after team handoffs in emergency care (2007, background): “ED overcrowding has been recognized as an emerging threat to patient safety and has been described by Trzeiack and Rivers as a prime example of a system problem that contributes to a high risk environment for medical errors [24].”