Acuity, treatment times, and patient experience in Freestanding Emergency Departments affiliated with academic institutions

John R Dayton; Cedric K Dark; Eric S Cruzen; Erin L Simon

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.004

Acuity, treatment times, and patient experience in Freestanding Emergency Departments affiliated with academic institutions

Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Jan;36(1):139-141. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.004. Epub 2017 Jul 4.

Authors

John R Dayton¹, Cedric K Dark², Eric S Cruzen³, Erin L Simon⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, 30 North 1900 East, 1C026, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA. Electronic address: john.dayton@hsc.utah.edu.
² Division of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Emergency Center, Ben Taub Hospital, 1504 Taub Loop, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: Cedric.Dark@bcm.edu.
³ Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, 500 Hofstra Blvd, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA. Electronic address: ecruzen@northwell.edu.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Akron General, 1 Akron General Ave, Akron, OH 44307, USA. Electronic address: simone@ccf.org.

PMID: 28705741
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.07.004

No abstract available

Keywords: FSED; Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC); Freestanding Emergency Department (FED); Hospital Outpatient Department (HOPD); Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); Patient satisfaction; Triple Aim.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Ambulatory Care Facilities / standards*
Ambulatory Care Facilities / statistics & numerical data
Emergency Service, Hospital / standards*
Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
Health Services Accessibility / standards*
Humans
Patient Satisfaction / statistics & numerical data*
Treatment Outcome
United States