Percentage of Patients Transferred Within 30 Minutes From Ambulance to Emergency Department
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Percentage of emergency department attendances where transfer of care from St. John Ambulance Australia to emergency department staff occurred within 30 minutes.
Numerator
Number of Emergency Department attendances where transfer of care occurred within 30 minutes. Transfer of care time is the length of time between the arrival of an ambulance at a hospital Emergency Department and the time that the patient is transferred from the care of the St. John Ambulance Australia crew to the care of the Emergency Department staff.
Denominator
Number of Emergency Department attendances transferred from St. John Ambulance Australia.
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Data is provided by St. John Ambulance Australia to the Emergency Department Data Collection (EDDC), of the WA Department of Health, which contains data from different patient information systems.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Government of Western Australia, Department of Health Emergency Department Monthly Report - dashboard on website. The Emergency Department dashboards include data from public hospitals and contracted health entities within the WA health system that operate an Emergency Department with 24-hour medical staffing. Very small country hospitals and nursing posts are excluded from the reports.
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Guide to interpreting Emergency Department Dashboards www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/Corporate/Reports-and-publications/Emergency-activity/ED-Guide-for-Interpretation.pdf
Emergency Department Monthly Report www.health.wa.gov.au/Reports-and-publications/Emergency-Department-activity/Emergency-Department-Monthly-Report