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  • Healthcare Administration
  • Health Services Research
  • Medical Informatics

Background:

  • Emergency departments (EDs) face challenges in consistent performance measurement due to varied definitions.
  • Benchmarking initiatives by organizations like EDBA, EDOSG, and AAAEM lacked standardized metrics.
  • A unified approach to ED metrics is crucial for accurate benchmarking and research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To achieve consensus on a common set of definitions for ED demographic, clinical process, and performance metrics.
  • To secure commitment from EDBA, EDOSG, and AAAEM for adopting standardized definitions by 2017.
  • To facilitate improved ED operations research through standardized data.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of existing data from three ED benchmarking organizations.
  • A 1.5-day negotiation meeting structured by social change theories.
  • Application of process analysis theory for 8 weeks post-meeting to reach consensus.
  • Submission of agreed-upon definitions to organizational leadership for approval.

Main Results:

  • Identified 374 unique measures; 57 (15%) were shared by at least two organizations, and 14 (4%) were common to all three.
  • Achieved agreement on universal definitions for all 14 common measures and 17 of the 57 shared measures.
  • Resulted in a list of 31 measures with universally adopted definitions.

Conclusions:

  • Negotiation and theoretical frameworks successfully led to the adoption of universal ED metric definitions among EDBA, EDOSG, and AAAEM.
  • Standardized metrics will enhance performance benchmarking for nearly half of US EDs and improve data consistency.
  • This initiative enables more accurate characterization of ED care variations and facilitates robust ED operations research through data aggregation.