WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is pleased to recognize the 78 emergency departments named to the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) Honor Roll for notable achievement in emergency care for stroke, VTE, or opioid and alcohol use disorder treatment. 

“Emergency physicians are at the center of solutions to many of the nation’s most pressing health care challenges,” said Alison Haddock, MD, FACEP, president of ACEP. “Whether initiating timely and innovative stroke treatment or making sure that patients get the best care available to them for substance use disorders, these leaders in emergency care are advancing emergency care and saving lives.”  

E-QUAL Opioid and Alcohol Use Disorder Honor Roll awardees demonstrate excellence in metrics that include treatment prescribed at discharge, treatment administered in the emergency department, and take-home naloxone offered or prescribed. Awardees for stroke care are recognized for arrival to computed tomography (CT) scan time for hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke patients, door-to-needle time for ischemic stroke patients and proportion of patients with their last two SBPs under 180. Awardees for venous thromboembolism care are recognized for their performance in documentation of severity or risk, completion of risk stratification elements, treatment of high risk VTE patients and discharge of low risk VTE patients.

More than 1,400 EDs and over 32,500 emergency medical providers have participated in E-QUAL collaboratives to date. Together, E-QUAL participants can claim:

• $55 million saved through avoidable imaging and hospitalization
• 23% increase in prescribing alternatives to opioids
• 35% decrease in opioids administered in the emergency department

“We have recognized emergency physician groups and departments across the U.S. with the E-QUAL Honor Roll ever since 2017,” said Arjun Venkatesh, MD, FACEP, Chair, Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, and Lead Investigator, E-QUAL. “This year’s awardees continue to exemplify the critical role and contributions of emergency care to numerous communities and national quality goals.”

 

E-QUAL Honor Roll

Opioid Use Disorder

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Clara Maass Medical Center

RWJ University Hospital Rahway

Monmouth Medical Center

Community Medical Center

St. John's Riverside

Jackson Health System Jackson North Medical Center

Crouse Hospital

Trinitas Regional Medical Center RWJBH

Parkview Wabash

Parkview Kosciusko Hospital

Parkview Regional Medical Center

RWJ University Hospital

Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans

Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital

Medical West Hospital

Parkview Whitley Hospital

Medical West Freestanding Emergency Department

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital

Willis-Knighton South The Center for Women's Health

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

St. Tammany Parish Hospital

Parkview Noble Hospital

Corewell Health Greenville Hospital

Hood Memorial Hospital

Thibodaux Regional Health System

Parkview Huntington Hospital

Exeter Hospital

Jefferson Northeast

Willamette Valley Medical Center

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Lane Regional Medical Center

Pointe Coupee General Hospital

 

Alcohol Use Disorder

Community Medical Center

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Thibodaux Regional Health System

Clara Maass Medical Center

Parkview Wabash

Parkview Whitley Hospital

Jackson Health System Jackson North Medical Center

Corewell Health Ludington Hospital

Kettering Health Huber Heights

McLaren Northern Michigan Petoskey

Kettering Health Greene Memorial

Cameron Memorial Community Hospital

Doctors Hospital Baptist Health South Florida

St. Tammany Parish Hospital

Parkview Noble Hospital

West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital

Willamette Valley Medical Center

Parkview Dekalb Hospital

Christus Santa Rosa Hospital Westover Hills

Baptist Memorial Hospital Yazoo ICP

Exeter Hospital

Kettering Health Springfield

Jefferson Northeast

Kettering Health Main Campus

Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital

 

Stroke

Northfield Hospital

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

Cheyenne Regional Medical Center

Willamette Valley Medical Center

Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Plano

RWJ University Hospital Hamilton

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

Monmouth Medical Center

St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids

Holy Cross Health

Community Medical Center

Harrisburg Medical Center

RWJ University Hospital

Lawrence Memorial Hospital (LMH Health)

Beebe Medical Center

Yale New Haven Hospital

Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus

Sentara BelleHarbour

Sentara Obici Hospital

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

UNC Rex Hospital

Sentara Princess Anne Hospital

Sentara Leigh Hospital

Sentara Independence

Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital

Carson Tahoe Health

 

Venous Thromboembolism

Baylor University Medical Center

Baylor Scott White The Heart Hospital Plano

Yale New Haven Hospital

Chandler Regional Medical Center

Baylor Scott White Medical Center Hillcrest

Flagstaff Medical Center

Doctors Hospital Baptist Health South Florida

Clara Maass Medical Center

Brunswick Freestanding Emergency Department

Loma Linda University Medical Center Murrieta

Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County

Northfield Hospital

Wood County Hospital

Crouse Hospital

East Jefferson General Hospital

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus

RWJ University Hospital Hamilton

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center

Shore Medical Center

 

For more information about the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL), visit www.acep.org/EQUAL.