Forty hospitals participated in the initiative to increase throughput, which was one of three initiatives under AF4Q’s 18-month program.
Here are some of the results of the initiative:
• Ten thousand patients avoided leaving the ED before care was provided.
• Fifty-five percent of participating hospitals reduced the time patients spent in their EDs by an average of 30 minutes.
• The greatest improvement in the average time patients spend in the ED before admission was a reduction of 101 minutes.
• The greatest improvement of the average time patients spend in the ED before discharge was a reduction of 89 minutes.
• Sixteen hospitals reduced their boarding time by up to 43 percent.
• Twenty-two hospitals reduced the rate patients leave the hospital before being seen by up to 19.5 percent.
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