Salem Health’s creative solution for discharge delays eases ED boarding while providing better care to patients

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Salem Health's creative solution for discharge delays eases ED boarding while providing better care to patients
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When hospitals can’t transfer patients to the next appropriate level of care, fewer beds are available for community members in need. In this episode of our podcast, Hospital 101, Salem Health President and CEO Cheryl Wolfe describes the emergency department boarding challenge at Salem Hospital, and how the creative use of a nearby critical access hospital has helped ease the problem in the community while providing better care to patients.