Practice structure and quality improvement activities among emergency departments in the Emergency Quality (E-QUAL) Network.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little academic investigation has been done to describe emergency department (ED) practice structure and quality improvement activities. Our objective was to describe staffing, payment mechanisms, and quality improvement activities among EDs in a nationwide quality improvement network and also stratify results to descriptively compare (1) single- versus multi-site EDs and (2) small-group versus large-group EDs.

Methods

Observational study examining EDs that completed activities for the 2018 wave of the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL), a voluntary network of EDs nationwide that self-report quality improvement activities. EDs were defined as single-site or multi-site based on self-reported billing practices; additionally, EDs were defined as large-group if they a

SUBMITTER: Berdahl CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593479 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature