Memorial Hospital in Abilene, KS, along with
McPherson Hospital in McPherson, KS, are the only two hospitals out of 15 within 50 miles that are better than the nationwide emergency department averages in each of admit decision to inpatient admission, arrival to discharge, arrival to discharge for psychiatrics, and patients who left before being seen. Nationwide there are 737 such hospitals.
Memorial Hospital has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings
among those 15 hospitals:
- median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 66 mins (5th-highest)
the nationwide average is 99.0 mins
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 112 mins (6th-highest)
the nationwide average is 142.1 mins
- median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients = 205 mins (3rd-highest)
the nationwide average is 258.2 mins
- patients who left the emergency department before being seen = 0% (the fewest, tied)
the nationwide average is 1.5%