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Emergency Medicine Summary

*P4R Ranking extracted for FY17-18 (FY201708 report)

SJHC ED consists of five separate areas: Supertrack, Ambulatory, Pediatric, Resuscitation and MHESU
(Mental Health Emergency Service Unit).
SMH ED is a regional trauma and stroke centre. In addition, the ED also contains the Rotary Transition
Centre, which is a 24-hour facility that provides temporary refuge to ED visitors who no longer require
hospital care but have no place to go in the community.
The two emergency departments across the network treat an average of 240 patients every day.

Structure Finance* Performance & Quality*

•Similar in structure at SJHC & SMH •SJHC is grouped as a “very high- •Comparable visits for:
with both programs paired with volume” hospital, where as SMH is •ED Return Visits within 72 hours
Mental Health/ Addictions grouped as a “teaching” hospital in “Same diagnosis”
P4R •Mental Health ED Visits
•Prior to volume adjustments, ranking •Substance Abuse Visits
for SJHC and SMH are 39 and 40
(out of 73 hospitals) respectively, •Diabetic Visits
with volume adjustments rank 6 and •Opportunity for improvement
23* SJHC
•90 Percentile ED LOS admitted >
th
SMH 6.5 hours
th
•90 Percentile Time to Inpatient
bed > SMH 5.7 hours
•Opportunity for improvement
SMH
•90 Percentile Time to PIA > SJHC
th
1 hour
•90 Percentile ED LOS non-
th
admitted high and low acuity >
SJHC 0.8 and 0.4 hours

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