Patient Flow Enewsletter
Volume 2, Issue 4
Thursday, August 11, 2005

BenchmarkingHow Does Your Hospital Compare?

 Average Door-to-Doctor Time

  • Of the 155 hospitals surveyed during June 23 webinar, 82% of the hospitals had an average Door-to-Doctor time greater than 30 minutes


  • Note: Door-to-Doctor time was defined as the time from patient arrival to first contact with a physician.

Average ED Boarding Time

  • Of the 100 hospitals surveyed during July 14 webinar, over 50% of the hospitals had an average ED boarding time of greater than 120 minutes


  • Note: ED Boarding Time was defined as the time from admission decision to physical departure from the ED.