Quality Definitions and Methodology

Timely Emergency Department Care

ED-1b. Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, before they were admitted to the hospital as an inpatient

ED-2b. Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department, after the doctor decided to admit them as an inpatient before leaving the emergency department for their inpatient room

OP-18b. Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home

OP-18c. Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit- Psychiatric/Mental Health Patients.

OP-20. Average time patients spent in the emergency department before they were seen by a healthcare professional

OP-21. Average time patients who came to the emergency department with broken bones had to wait before receiving pain medication

OP-22. Percentage of patients who left the emergency department before being seen

OP-23. Percentage of patients who came to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes of arrival