Visits to the Emergency Department As Transactional Data‪.‬

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Patients arrive at the hospital emergency department for treatment on a random basis. The amount of time required for treatment is a function of the triage level, the patient diagnosis, and the congestion that exists in the emergency department (ED) at the time of patient arrival. The implementation of electronic medical records in the ED permits the accurate tracking and examination of time to allow for improved scheduling of personnel and for the development of protocols for diagnoses that occur on a daily basis in the ED.