Emergency Room Quality Indicators
Multiple measures are already in place affecting the ed and new measures are scheduled to start affecting hospital payment in 2012 and beyond.
Emergency room quality indicators. Because ed performance is a key indicator of hospital health it s necessary for hospital leaders to be actively engaged in the department and its improvement efforts. Hospital compare provides results on emergency department and outpatient quality measures which evaluate the quality of care provided to patients. A quality measure converts medical information from patient records into a rate or time that allows facilities to assess their performance and consumers to compare how well patients are being cared for at their local hospitals. 118 1.
114 23. Goals and scope goals develop two sets of quality indicators that are applicable to the emergency department setting patient safety indicators psi prevention quality indicators pqi set the stage for future incorporation into publicly available ahrq qi software scope implement the established ahrq qi measurement development process. Quality measures emergency department care. Timely and effective care in hospital emergency departments is essential for good patient outcomes.
Development of measures of the quality of emergency department care for children using a structured panel process. It may be helpful to identify an executive such as the chief nursing officer or president of quality and safety as an executive sponsor for the improvement work. Pending emergency department measures. Additionally it s important to keep executives informed and involved through daily rounding participation in surge calls if needed and receiving daily ed.