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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