Comparing the patients' throughput in an Emergency Department in Tabriz city with International Standards

Abstract

Introduction: Emergency department (ED) patients'throughput includes all the processes that patients go through; this study was designed to investigate the patients throughput and the duration of stay in this department.Methods: In a prospective cross-sectional study, we evaluated the association between workflow process and admission duration in emergency department of Sina hospital of Tabriz from March 20th to July 20th 2011.Result: We studied 800 randomly selected patients referred to the emergency department between 20th March and 20th July 2011. The mean time duration between first visit and disposition was 64.94± 64.7 min (mode= 24min). The most prevalent chief complaint was common cold in which was presented in 448 patientsDiscussion: In the management of emergency department, all of parts must work as a member of team and if one of these members has a problem and does not work properly then pass-through will be happen.

Keywords

• emergency department
• throughput
• standards
• emergency department
• throughput
• standards