Emergency Department Care Outpatient

Parkland wishes to provide excellent care to every patient, every time as efficiently as possible. The Emergency Department Care Core Measure helps us follow the best practices for wait time in the Emergency Department for outpatients.

	Preferred Direction	Parkland	State Avg.	National Avg.
CMS Core Measure - Emergency Department Care Outpatient                 Jan. 2022 - Dec. 2022
Average time patients spent in the emergency department before being sent home		348 minutes	172 minutes	192 minutes

The descriptions of these core measures have been modified from what is available on Hospital Compare for better understanding.

Updated 7/31/24