ED Throughput

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Here you will find resources to assist with ED Throughput Measures including a guide for hospitals to improve patient flow and reduce ED crowding, an Emergency Severity Index, Measure Specification Manuals, and Hospital Quality Reporting information.

Here you will find a step-by-step guide of instruction that can be used by hospitals for planning and implementing patient flow improvement strategies to ease emergency department crowding.
Access Improving Patient Flow and Reducing Emergency Department Crowding: A Guide for Hospitals here.

This resource provides you an overview of the Hospital OQR Program. At this site, you will find the 2024 and 2025 Specifications Manual, which covers Measures OP-18 and OP-22 in Section 1.1.
Access Hospital Outpatient Quality Measure Specifications, ED-Throughput OP-18 resource here.

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