The nation’s healthcare system and traditional emergency room practices are struggling to keep up with the needs of our growing population. Crowded emergency rooms and lengthening wait times can be explained by several factors: a shortage of specialists on call, lack of inpatient beds due to a decreasing supply and slow patient transfer time, and a lack of access to primary care for people who use emergency room care for non-urgent needs. These conventional hospital inefficiencies consistently lead to longer wait times and unnecessarily prolonged stays.