Emergency healthcare is complex, chaotic and challenging. We know from previous data
collected in healthcare that we could do better. As a result of service configuration, working …

The Institute of Medicine has defined 6 domains of quality of care: safe, timely, effective,
efficient, equitable, and patient centered. 1 Timeliness and efficiency are core attributes of …

The reorganisation of hospital emergency care aims to promote rapid access to specialists.
In this study, we sought views from senior clinicians regarding the introduction of a 'time to …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 1239–1241© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract During the 1990s, relentlessly increasing …

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2011; 18: 1234–1238© 2011 by the Society for
Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Demand for emergency care is rising throughout …

Defining good quality ED care has vexed clinicians, academics, managers and regulators
for many years. Our specialty deals with multiple presentations in varied ways and with …

Background Evaluation of the performance of an emergency department (ED) remains a
difficult task due to the lack of consensus on performance measures that reflects both high …

Recent years have witnessed a fundamental change in the function of emergency
departments (EDs). The emphasis of the ED shifts from triage to saving the lives of shock …

Increased ED waiting times, increased ED length of stay and their association with adverse
events, including mortality, 1, 2 have refocused government policy on time targets. Time …

Nineteen influential members of the emergency medicine community with specific interests
and expertise in performance improvement came together at the Performance Measures …