slides: RI Emergency Rooms: How Long You Have to Wait
Thursday, October 23, 2014
GoLocalProv News Team
Find out how long you have to wait before seeing a doctor or other health care professional at local emergency rooms.
Related Slideshow: RI Emergency Rooms: How Long You Have to Wait
The below slides show wait times at the 11 hospitals in Rhode Island that have emergency rooms. The wait time is how long a patient has to wait before being seen by a doctor, physician’s assistant, or nurse practitioner. Wait time before admission is how long emergency room visitors who later became inpatients had to wait before being admitted. Wait time before transfer is how long admitted patients had to wait before being transferred to their hospital bed. Time in ER is the total time a visitor who was not admitted as an inpatient spent in the emergency room. Percent who leave before being seen refers to those visitors who decided to leave before being seen by a doctor. For all measures, lower numbers are better. For more on what these measures mean and why they are important click here. The below hospitals are ranked from shortest to longest wait times. Data was taken from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service. It corresponds to information collected from fall 2012 to fall 2013.
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#11
South County Hospital
Wakefield
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 25 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 324 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 103 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 151 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 1%
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#10
Fatima Hospital
North Providence
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 26 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 390 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 146 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 170 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 2%
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Kent County Memorial Hospital
Warwick
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 27 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 357 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 172 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 146 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 1%
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#8
Women and Infants Hospital
Providence
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 29 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 141 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 58 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 171 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 2%
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Landmark Memorial Center
Woonsocket
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 29 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 348 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 128 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 116 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 2%
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Memorial Hospital
Pawtucket
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 31 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 326 minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 126 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 166 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 2%
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#5
Westerly Hospital
Westerly
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 35 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 312 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 84 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 116 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 1%
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#4
Newport Hospital
Newport
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 53 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 284 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 102 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 146 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 3%
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Miriam Hospital
Providence
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 57 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 312 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 99 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 207 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 2%
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Roger Williams Medical Center
Providence
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 71 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 346 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 115 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 185 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 3%
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Rhode Island Hospital
Providence
Wait Time (To See a Doctor): 86 Minutes
Wait Time Before Admission as a Patient: 388 Minutes
Wait Time Before Transfer: 117 Minutes
Time in ER Before Sent Home: 246 Minutes
% Who Leave Before Being Seen: 4%
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