Hospital Overcrowding - A site dedicated to our patients, their care, and their safety

I am a practicing emergency physician and clinical director of the emergency department at Stony Brook on Long Island.  Our institution believes that the ED is a vital community resource, and must be able to deliver needed services at all times. We do not consider ambulance diversion a responsible option. We also believe that admitted patients are best cared for by health care providers whose specialty is inpatient care, in a quiet and calm place where that care can be best provided. Thus, we use the "Full capacity protocol" (FCP) at Stony Brook, which moves patients upstairs when we're full, allowing us to address high hospital census in a distributive and safe fashion. http://www.hospitalovercrowding.com/