Navigation Links
NQF Endorses Measures to Address Care Coordination and Efficiency in Hospital Emergency Departments
Date:10/30/2008

Measures can help decrease wait time, increase physician productivity, and safety

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To reduce overcrowding, decrease patient wait time, and improve quality of care, the National Quality Forum (NQF) endorsed 10 national voluntary consensus standards for hospital-based emergency department care. The measures aim to improve efficiency and care coordination in emergency departments where high demand and capacity issues have increased patient wait time and decreased physician productivity.

In the US, visits to hospital emergency departments account for approximately 10 percent of all ambulatory medical care visits. From 1994 through 2004, the number of emergency department visits in the US increased by 18 percent, while the number of emergency departments decreased by more than 12 percent.

"Increased accountability and information sharing through measurement and public reporting can help to truly enhance the performance of our nation's emergency departments," said Janet Corrigan, president and CEO of NQF. "These consensus standards for emergency department care are an important part of a broader goal to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare in America."

As a whole, the measures within this set address the safety and effectiveness of emergency care, care coordination and communication, and efficient management of patient flow through the emergency department. Measures are sensitive to unique needs of vulnerable patients including racial and ethnic minorities, Medicaid patients, and emergency department care in rural settings.

To improve patient safety and efficiency, specific measures within this set track the wait time for patients from arrival to departure within the emergency department, and the number of emergency department patients who leave without seeing a physician. Measures address patient safety by tracking procedures and medications administered to patients while
'/>"/>

SOURCE National Quality Forum
Copyright©2008 PR Newswire.
All rights reserved

0

GOOD

Page: 1 2 3

Related medicine news :

1. NQF Endorses Consensus Standards to Reduce Waste and Promote Safe and Effective Use of Imaging Procedures
2. American Medical Association Endorses CAQH CORE Effort to Standardize and Streamline Patient Administrative Data Exchange
3. NQF Endorses Guidelines for Consumer-Focused Public Reporting
4. National Quality Forum Endorses National Consensus Standards for Perinatal Care
5. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss for Re-Election
6. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Norm Coleman for Re-Election
7. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole For Re-Election
8. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Tom Harkin for Re-Election
9. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Richard Durbin for Re-Election
10. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Mark Pryor for Re-Election
11. NCPA Endorses U.S. Senator Tim Johnson for Re-Election

Post Your Comments:
*Name:
*Comment:
*Email:
(Date:11/21/2009)... , Association Discusses Key Provisions of Le...are Reform ,, ST. CHARLES, Ill., Nov. 21 /PRNe...resentatives passing the landmark Affordable Healt... moving key health reform legislation forward, Con... broken health care system. Today, AARP hosted an...
(Date:11/21/2009)... NH based medical credentialin...in its industry to form a partnerhsip with Amerine... This partnership will help to transform quality ... (Vocus) November 21, 2009 -- ISG Group...nounced a new agreement with Amerinet Inc., a lead...
(Date:11/21/2009)... HAPPYneuron,s most popular an...the iPhone and iPod Touch. , ... HAPPYneuron,s most popular and addictive game, Sp...Touch. Split Words is designed to help banish that...litWords iPhone brain game challenges the brain ...
(Date:11/21/2009)... New Haven Dental Group merges...D.S of Branford, CT. , (P...oup, comprised of partners Dr. David Gibson, Dr. D...rrester has just merged their growing practice wit...., , ,When Dr. Pickman decided he wanted to retire...
(Date:11/20/2009)... , Pioneering Neurologist Closer to Understandi.... 20 Dr. Jeremy Schmahm...ool and neurologist at the Massachusetts General H...nted his laboratory,s research on the new field of...MINDlink Foundation. ,, Dr. Schmahmann is an aw...
Breaking Medicine News(10 mins):Health News:AARP Hosts Rep. Bill Foster In Health Care Reform Forum 2Health News:IntelliSoft Group and Amerinet Inc. Form Partnership to Transform Healthcare Delivery of Quality Patient Safety and Care 2Health News:HAPPYneuron releases iPhone Brain Game 2Health News:HAPPYneuron releases iPhone Brain Game 3Health News:New Haven Dental Group Expands Their Vision 2Health News:MINDlink Foundation Launches to Connect the Cerebellum to Cures 2
...ovator in life sciences software & services hi...ve to lead commercial operations , , CAMBRIDGE, M...), the market leader in Enterprise Content Complia...president of commercial operations. Mr. Bergson wi...
...y finds many cities have dangerously high levels o...hDay News) -- More than half of the nation,s popul...breathe in communities with dangerously high level..., lungs develop and even dirty enough to kill," Ch...
... 22 and 23 June 2009, the Prostate Cancer Translat...eld in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam (NL). Tr...ries arising from laboratory, clinical or populati...cellent forum to disseminate knowledge in speciali...
...iladelphia, PA, April 29, 2009 Relationships are ...int that communicating positively with our partner...ces, is an impossible task. What if there was a s... social cognition conducted in animals is now info...
...ny zebrafish could hold the key to stem cell treat...the University of Edinburgh have found that these ...t control all muscle activity such as speaking, wa...drugs that could kick-start the process of motor n...
... , , EAST LANSING, Mich., April 29 Michigan phy...sed access to health information technologies (HIT... American Medical Association (AMA) and Michigan S... after the AMA announced its agreement with Covisi...
Other Medicine News:Health News:Building on Growth, Virtify Adds to Executive Team and Expands Commercial Operations 2Health News:Building on Growth, Virtify Adds to Executive Team and Expands Commercial Operations 3Health News:Building on Growth, Virtify Adds to Executive Team and Expands Commercial Operations 4Health News:More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air 2Health News:More Than Half of Americans Living with Dirty Air 3Health News:EAU Research Foundation organizes meeting in Amsterdam highlighting translational research results 2Health News:Oxytocin: Love potion #1? 2Health News:Zebrafish offer clues to treatments for motor neurone disease 2Health News:Michigan Physicians Gain From New AMA and MSMS Partnership to Improve Physician Practice Efficiency 2Health News:Michigan Physicians Gain From New AMA and MSMS Partnership to Improve Physician Practice Efficiency 3
(Date:11/20/2009)...0 Medco Health Solutions...ansformation in American healthcare through an adv...ivering higher quality clinical care and fundament...icine smarter for the benefit of patients and payo...e elements in its strategy enable "Smarter Medicin...
(Date:11/20/2009)...v. 20 Reportlinker.com announces t...ts catalogue. ,, Pipettes & Pipettors - A ...rtlinker.com/p0164373/Pipettes--Pipettors---A-Glob...mp;utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire ,...al part of any research laboratory. Large-scale ap...
(Date:11/20/2009)...v. 20 Reportlinker.com announces t...ts catalogue. ,, Medical Adhesives and Sealant...inker.com/p0164242/Medical-Adhesives-and-Sealants-...p;utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire ,...ning preeminence in medical devices and equipments...
Breaking Medicine Technology:Medco Reforming Healthcare with 'Smarter Medicine'; Wired, Transformational Pharmacy Model Advances Clinical Quality and Lowers Cost 2Medco Reforming Healthcare with 'Smarter Medicine'; Wired, Transformational Pharmacy Model Advances Clinical Quality and Lowers Cost 3Medco Reforming Healthcare with 'Smarter Medicine'; Wired, Transformational Pharmacy Model Advances Clinical Quality and Lowers Cost 4Medco Reforming Healthcare with 'Smarter Medicine'; Wired, Transformational Pharmacy Model Advances Clinical Quality and Lowers Cost 5Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 2Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 3Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 4Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 5Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 6Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 7Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 8Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 9Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 10Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 11Reportlinker Adds Pipettes & Pipettors - A Global Market Perspective 12Reportlinker Adds Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review 2Reportlinker Adds Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review 3Reportlinker Adds Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review 4Reportlinker Adds Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review 5Reportlinker Adds Medical Adhesives and Sealants - A US Market Review 6Canadian research breakthrough holds promise for development of effective cancer therapies 9773 1Canadian research breakthrough holds promise for development of effective cancer therapies 9773 2NOAA scientists map fish habitat and movements at Grays Reef Marine Sanctuary 9769 1NOAA scientists map fish habitat and movements at Grays Reef Marine Sanctuary 9769 2Wigix Announces 1 Million in Open Sell Orders 56065 1Wigix Announces 1 Million in Open Sell Orders 56065 2
...m Treatments for Spinal Cord, Other Nerve,Injuries...nerve cells to communicate with each other plays a...stem. Research into how that protein helps precise... a basis for eventual,treatments for patients who ...spinal cord injury., "This expands our basic know...
...ntists Expand Testing Using Cellular ...ine, Oct. 8 Wild Blueberry antioxidant,research a...ew study,showing Wild Blueberries outperformed 2 d...ananas, red grapes and strawberries in an expanded...) assay. New research,published in the current iss...
Other Medicine Technology:Protein Shown to Play a Key Role in Normal Development of Nervous System 2Protein Shown to Play a Key Role in Normal Development of Nervous System 3Wild Blueberries Take Top Spot in New Antioxidant Research Study 2Wild Blueberries Take Top Spot in New Antioxidant Research Study 3
...eference laboratory and a worldwide leader in inno...ffers an extensive test menu of highly complex and...hology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Labo...tion's university teaching hospitals and children'...
...eference laboratory and a worldwide leader in inno...ffers an extensive test menu of highly complex and...hology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Labo...tion's university teaching hospitals and children'...
...eference laboratory and a worldwide leader in inno...ffers an extensive test menu of highly complex and...hology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Labo...tion's university teaching hospitals and children'...
...eference laboratory and a worldwide leader in inno...ffers an extensive test menu of highly complex and...hology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Labo...tion's university teaching hospitals and children'...
Medicine Products: