An Assessment of Emergency Department Throughput and Provider Satisfaction after the Implementation of a Scribe Program

Table 2

Measures of ED throughput (medians except mean LWBS).

Variable	Mean prescribe (hours)	Mean postscribe (hours)	Difference (hours)	-test value
Registered visits	181.68	180.69	↓ 0.99	0.468
% admittance	0.31	0.35	↑ 0.04	<0.0001
% LWBS	0.05	0.05	↓ 0.00	0.382
All patients (discharged and admitted)
Door to triage	0.08	0.07	↓ 0.01	0.008
Door to room	0.55	0.54	↓ 0.01	0.647
Door to provider	1.34	1.28	↓ 0.06	0.073
Door to disposition	4.16	3.89	↓ 0.27	<0.0001
Door to exit	5.62	5.76	↑ 0.14	0.021
Provider to disposition	2.82	2.61	↓ 0.21	<0.0001
Disposition to exit	1.46	1.87	↑ 0.41	<0.0001
Discharged patients
Door to triage	0.07	0.07	0.00	0.210
Door to room	0.89	0.90	↑ 0.01	0.782
Door to provider	1.67	1.61	↓ 0.06	0.220
Door to disposition	4.57	4.41	↓ 0.16	0.029
Door to exit	5.07	4.89	↓ 0.18	0.012
Provider to disposition	2.89	2.80	↓ 0.09	0.021
Disposition to exit	0.51	0.48	↓ 0.03	0.020
Admitted patients
Door to triage	0.10	0.08	↓ 0.02	<0.0001
Door to room	0.22	0.20	↓ 0.02	0.001
Door to provider	0.91	0.91	0.00	0.996
Door to disposition	3.63	3.25	↓ 0.38	<0.0001
Door to exit	7.61	8.27	↑ 0.65	<0.0001
Provider to disposition	2.72	2.34	↓ 0.38	<0.0001
Disposition to exit	3.98	5.01	↑ 1.03	<0.0001