Emergency Department Arrival Time to Departure
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Hospital Care
Country
United States of America
Publishing Organisation
American College of Emergency Physicians
Type of Quality Indicator
Outcome
IOM Quality Dimension
Timeliness
Domain
Wait Times and System Planning / Access
Defining Attributes
Definition
Time (in minutes) from ED arrival to ED departure for all adult patients.
Numerator
Time (in minutes) from ED arrival to ED departure for all discharged adult patients.
Denominator
All emergency department encounters for patients aged 18 years and older with documented discharge disposition.
Exclusions
Transfers, psychiatric and mental health patients, patients who expired in the emergency department, patients transferred to observation, admissions.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Yes
Risk Adjustments
Median time
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Clinical Emergency Data Registry
Frequency of Data Collection
Annually
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
365
Reporting Methods
CMS Traditional MIPS reporting
Reporting Frequency
Annually
Reporting Frequency in Days
365
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Technical Specifications
Link to Measurement Tools
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
Yes
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
31 March 2026
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Date Modified 08 April 2026