EKG timeliness: Going against the grain

The goal for all patients presenting to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of chest pain is to complete an EKG and have it read by an ED Physician within 10 minutes of arrival. Prior to the process change, the Emergency Department was achieving this goal of 47 % of the time. With the change in our process we have maintained performance at the 50th percentile with multiple weeks above the 90th percentile nationally for completing the EKG and having it read by a physician within 10 minutes.

Acquisition Type

Proxy-submission

Review Type

Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host

Repository Posting Date

2020-12-01T21:41:37Z

Notes

Items submitted to a conference/event were evaluated/peer-reviewed at the time of abstract submission to the event. No other peer-review was provided prior to submission to the Sigma Repository, unless otherwise noted.

Type

Poster

Format

Text-based Document

Level of Evidence

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords

Cardiac Triage;
Emergency Department;
Patient Care Improvement

Conference Name

EN20X – A Virtual Xperience

Conference Host

Emergency Nurses Association

Conference Location

Virtual Event

Conference Year

2020