ATCEMS Performance Dashboard > Patient Transport Rate per Month > Performance Measure Definition: Patient Transport Rate
Performance Measure Definition: Patient Transport Rate
Description: Patient transport rate describes how often ATCEMS personnel transfer the patients they encounter to a system-approved receiving facility.
Desired Outcome: All patients who require medical care and transportation are taken to the hospital.
Relevance: Prehospital care providers have a limited ability to assess and treat patients. Most patients benefit from transport to a receiving facility, where they can receive more complete assessments and definitive care.
Measure Domain: Clinical care
Type of Measure: Process
Operational Specifications
Formula Description: Patient transport rate is calculated by dividing the count of transported patients by the difference of the total count of patient contacts and the count of patients determined to be deceased on scene.
The resulting value is expressed as a percentage of included patient contacts.
Unit of Analysis: Patient contacts
Population:
- Numerator: Patients transported by ATCEMS units to receiving facilities.
- Denominator: All patients contacted by ATCEMS units, excluding patients determined to be deceased on scene and Community Health Paramedic patient contacts .
Measure Frequency: Quarterly
Minimum Population/Sample: None
Performance Standard: None
Acceptable Quality Level: Not defined
Interval Description: Not applicable
Reporting Value: Percent of patient contacts
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
Limitations: None
Related Measures:
- Patient Transport Count: This indicator is a count of patients transported by ambulance to a receiving facility.
Notes: Deceased patients are not included in Patient Transport Rate calculations since there is no discretion on the part of either the patient or the ATCEMS crew in the decision.
Reporting
ATCEMS Open Performance Dashboard
- Performance Goal: Patient Transport Rate
- 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: Overall Patient Transport Rate; Austin Patient Transport Rate; Travis County Patient Transport Rate; Other Area Patient Transport Rate; Combined COA and TC Patient Transport Rate
- Aggregation Level: Month
- Update Frequency: Monthly
ATCEMS System Performance Dashboard
- Medium: Web site chart [http://www.austintexas.gov/page/patient-contact-and-transport-data]
- Orientation: External
- Format: Line chart of monthly values, beginning October 2010.
- Update Frequency: Monthly
- Data Source: Open Data table [EMS – Patient Contacts by Month]
References
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Metadata
Development Status: Actively reporting
Definition Version: Version B
Revision Date: 2017-04-19
Revised By: David Andersen