Hospital report 2007 : Emergency department care

For example, the median total time spent in ED for severe patients (3.4 hours) is twice the ED according to the severity of their the amount of time than less severe patients (1.6 hours).i Other factors contributing to ED length of conditions. [...] Francis Memorial Hospital - The Willett Hospital PAGE 6 INTERPRETING THE RESULTS As there can be competing interests and incentives in the management of hospitals to maximize both quality and efficiency and maintain a balance of resources in the context of limited resources, no single indicator or quadrant should be used to assess a hospital. [...] For a complete listing of all the changes introduced this Management and Support of Human Resources (Revised) year, please refer to the Emergency The degree to which EDs are supporting staff training and education and are implementing mechanisms Department 2007 System Integration that facilitate discussion on issues regarding quality of work life, recruitment and retention of staff. [...] PAGE 11 SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND CHANGE SUMMARY OF RESULTS For more Distribution of System Integration and Change Provincial Indicator Results information on the interpretation of box Provincial plots, please refer to Average the Interpreting the Results section in Use of Standardized Protocols 79.1 this report. [...] The allocation of performance classifications in Hospital Report 2007: Emergency Department Care differs from the 2005 report in that hospital scores are now compared to the mean of all hospital scores (the “provincial performance target”), rather than the mean of the hospital scores belonging only to their hospital type (that is, teaching, community or small).