How have staffing shortages and sicker patients affected your experience at the ER?

If you or a family member sought care in a Massachusetts emergency department (ER) in the past three months, did wait times affect your experience? For example, did you leave the ER before receiving care? Please share details.

How did your experience, or your family member’s experience, in the ER ultimately affect your health or the injury/illness for which you sought care? Please share with us details about the experience.

May we publish your experience in a future Globe story? If so, please share your full name and town.

Are you willing to be interviewed by a Globe reporter? If so, please share your phone number.