Median Admit Decision Time to Emergency Department Departure Time for Admitted Patients
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Median time (in minutes) from admit decision time to time of discharge departure from the emergency department for emergency department patients admitted to inpatient status.
Numerator
Median time (in minutes) from Decision to Admit to Emergency Department departure for patients admitted to the facility from the emergency department.
Denominator
This is a continuous variable measure. The target population is Emergency Department patients admitted to the facility from the Emergency Department (inferred).
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Strata 1: Median Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients; Strata 2: Median Admit Decision Time to ED Departure Time for Admitted Patients– Psychiatric/mental health Patients.
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Electronic Health Record.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program (CMS and Providers) CMS Provider Compare (Publicly reported) Not on CMS Care Compare.