Implementing Triage Standing Orders in the Emergency Department Leads to Reduced Physician-to-Disposition Times

Table 2

Standing orders decrease disposition time for patients presenting with chest pain. Moreover, when all tests result prior to provider evaluation, disposition time decreases even further. ED LOS, however, increases with the implementation of standing orders, reflecting the use of standing orders during high census periods in the ED.

	Standing orders ()		No standing orders ()		value
	Median (min)	Quartiles (min)	Median (min)	Quartiles (min)
Total ED LOS (min)	614	461–841	402	303–639	<0.001
Provider to disposition (min)	128	73–274	154	106–258	0.042