The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed several national benchmarks for hospital-based emergency department care.

Emergency Excellence has incorporated three National Quality Forum (NQF) benchmarks relating to emergency department fficiency and throughput to create this courtesy emergency room benchmarking report.

The NQF-endorsed benchmarks are being considered by the U.S. Centers for Meicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for inclusion in the public reporting system in 2012.

This complimentary report allows youto externally benchmark to comparable emergency departments and best practices for:

If you wish to participate, please complete the following form data (all fields are required).

Name of ED or hospital leader providing data
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Title
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Contact email
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Contact phone
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Hospital name
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Hospital City
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Hospital State
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Hospital locale
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The U.S. Census Bureau defines an urban area as having a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile. Answers.com lists the 514 official U.S. urban areas at http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-united-states-urban-areas. The differentiation of suburban and rural is less precise and has most to do with proximity to an urban area.
Emergency Department type
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When an ED is both a major training institution (where most emergency department patients are seen by a resident physician) and also a community resource, EmEx uses the ‘academic’ classification.
Annual emergency department census
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Reference the most recently closed fiscal or calendar year data, whichever is most convenient.
How many minutes usually elapse from patient arrival until seen by a physician (or midlevel provider)?
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This time interval begins when the patient first arrives and requests emergency care. This time interval ends at the first contact of a physician (or midlevel provider) that is qualified to initiate the medical screening exam. First contact is a physical event and review of old records or order placement based on reading a triage evaluation should not be counted.
For admitted patients, how many minutes usually elapse from admit decision until departure?
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This interval begins when the physician (or midlevel provider) documents a decision to admit the patient (admission order documented) and is ready to depart. This interval ends when the patient has physically left the clinical area.
What is your % rate of patients that leave without being seen (LWBS)?
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LWBS stands for those that left without being seen by a physician (or midlevel provider). Analogous terms include left without treatment (LWOT) and patients leaving before the medical screening exam (PLBM). This category does not include patients that eloped or left AMA after being seen by a physician or midlevel provider.