ATCEMS Performance Dashboard > Patient Transports per Month > Performance Measure Definition: Patient Transport Count
Performance Measure Definition: Patient Transport Count
Description: This is the count of patients transported by ambulance to a receiving facility.
Desired Outcome: Not applicable
Relevance: This is a basic measure of EMS system activity. It is used to anticipate needs for additional system resources.
Measure Domain: Operations
Type of Measure: Output
Operational Specifications
Formula Description: Count of patients transported to a receiving facility by ATCEMS units for the month(s) evaluated.
The resulting value is expressed as an integer.
Unit of Analysis: Patient contact
Population:
- Numerator: Patients transported by ATCEMS units to receiving facilities.
- Denominator: Not applicable
Measure Frequency: Monthly
Minimum Population/Sample: None
Performance Standard: Not applicable
Acceptable Quality Level: Not applicable
Interval Description: Not applicable
Reporting Value(s): Integer count of patient transports
Aggregation:
- Temporal aggregations (month, hour of day, etc.) are based on the date/time of earliest recorded call pickup.
- Geographic aggregation is based on incident location
Stratification:
- Service Zone (city, county, other)
- City of Austin Council District
- Unit Radio Name
- Receiving facility
Limitations: None
Related Measures:
- Patient Transport Rate: This indicator describes patient transports as a percentage of all patients who could be transported. It is expressed as a percentage.
Notes: None
Reporting
ATCEMS Open Performance Dashboard
- Performance Goal: Patient Transports
- Orientation: External
- Format: Line chart for current and previous fiscal year.
- Update Frequency: Monthly
- Data Source: Open Data table [EMS – Patient Contacts by Month]
City of Austin Open Data Portal
- Medium: Data table
- Table Name: EMS – Patient Contacts by Month
- Columns: Total Patient Transports; Austin Patient Transports; Travis County Patient Transports; Other Area Patient Transports; Combined COA and TC Patient Transports
- Aggregation Level: Month
- Update Frequency: Monthly
City of Austin Performance Measures Database
- Performance Measure: 1407 – Number of patient transports
- Orientation: External
- Aggregation Level: Calendar month
- Update Frequency: Monthly
References
None
Metadata
Development Status: Actively reporting
Definition Version: Version A
Revision Date: 2017-02-09
Revised By: David Andersen