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Benchmarking Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, AR against all hospitals

 

Of the 64 hospitals within 100 miles, Ouachita County Medical Center in Camden, AR is one of just 9 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.

Ouachita County Medical Center has these nationwide comparisons, plus standings among those 64 hospitals:

  • median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status = 70 mins (23rd-lowest, tied)
    the nationwide average is 99.0 mins

  • median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients = 74 mins (2nd-lowest)
    the nationwide average is 142.1 mins

  • median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients = 116 mins (4th-lowest)
    the nationwide average is 258.2 mins

  • patients who left the emergency department before being seen = 1% (4th-fewest, tied)
    the nationwide average is 1.5%

Peers

with Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia in Arkadelphia, AR, Bradley County Medical Center in Warren, AR, Springhill Medical Center in Springhill, LA, and Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado, AR, and 4 others.

References

  1. are better than the nationwide emergency department averages in. Bigger sets are better. (1) The average nationwide value of admit decision to inpatient admission (median time from admit decision to time of departure from the emergency department for patients admitted to inpatient status) is 99.0 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (2) The average nationwide value of arrival to discharge (median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged patients) is 142.1 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (3) The average nationwide value of arrival to discharge for psychiatrics (median time from emergency department arrival to emergency department departure for discharged psychiatric/mental health patients) is 258.2 mins, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (4) The average nationwide value of patients who left before being seen (patients who left the emergency department before being seen) is 1.5%, so better is below that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. (5) The average nationwide value of patients with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 mins (patients who arrived to the emergency department with stroke symptoms who received brain scan results within 45 minutes) is 73.7%, so better is above that. Refer to update frequency and current data collection period. Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.
  2. within 100 miles.

    • The Latitude and Longitude data used by this application were all obtained from the Google Map's geolocation API.
    • In some cases, the actual street-level addresses were not available, specifically when only PO Boxes were provided, so in those cases, zip code coordinates were likely used. And because the average land area of a zip code is around 90 square miles, it is possible that some locations may be misrepresented.

    Except where noted, all data come from the Oct 28, 2020 update at Hospital Compare. Changes over one year compare to the Oct 2019 update. Changes over two years compare to the Oct 2018 update.