WASHINGTON, D.C.—The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is pleased to honor emergency departments named to this year’s Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL) Honor Roll for notable achievement in emergency care for stroke or opioid/alcohol use disorder treatment. 

“Emergency physicians are leading stroke treatment innovation and making lifesaving improvements to the way substance use disorders are treated and prevented," said Aisha Terry, MD, FACEP, president of ACEP. "ACEPs E-QUAL Honor Roll recognizes emergency departments across the country that are enhancing and expanding the ways that we approach these vital areas of emergency care."

2023 E-QUAL Honor Roll awardees demonstrate excellence in opioid and alcohol metrics that include treatment prescribed at discharge, treatment administered in the emergency department, and take-home naloxone offered or prescribed.

In stroke care, emergency physicians are routinely responsible for key components of initial assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and critical resource decisions for patients with a possible stroke. E-QUAL Honor Roll awardees for stroke care are recognized for arrival to computed tomography (CT) scan time for hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke patients, and door-to-needle time for ischemic stroke 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

2023 E-QUAL Honor Roll Awardees

Opioid Use Disorder

• Centennial Hospital
• Davis Hospital and Medical Center
• Hood Memorial Hospital
• Jordan Valley Medical Center West Valley Campus
• Lake Charles Memorial Hospital
• Medical West Health System
• Mountain View Hospital Utah
• Mountain West Medical Center
• North Suburban Medical Center
• Our Lady of the Lake
• Presbyterian St Lukes Medical Center
• Rose Medical Center
• Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
• Sky Ridge Medical Center
• St. Mark's Hospital
• St. Tammany Emergency Physicians Group- LLC
• Swedish Medical Center
• Tampa General Hospital
• The Medical Center of Aurora
• Thibodaux Regional Medical Center

Alcohol Use Disorder

• Brigham City Community Hospital
• Cape Coral Hospital
• Chesapeake Regional Medical Center
• Jordan Valley Medical Center West Valley Campus
• Lone Peak Hospital-UT
• Mountain Point Medical Center
• Ogden Regional Medical Center
• Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
• St. Tammany Emergency Physicians Group- LLC
• Suburban Hospital
• Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
• Timpanogos Regional Medical Center
• West Valley FSED
• West Valley Medical Center

Stroke

• Ascension Providence Novi Hospital
• Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital
• Ascension Providence Southfield Hospital
• Baxter Regional Medical Center
• Beebe Medical Center
• Cameron Memorial Community Hospital
• Cape Coral Hospital
• Carson Tahoe Health
• Cheyenne Regional Medical Center
• Community Medical Center
• Crouse Hospital
• Flagstaff Medical Center
• Geisinger Medical Center Muncy
• Henry Ford Allegiance Health
• Holy Cross Health - Health System
• Northfield Hospital Emergency Department
• Parkview Dekalb Hospital
• Parkview Huntington Hospital
• Parkview Noble Hospital
• Parkview Regional Medical Center
• Parkview Wabash
• Parkview Warsaw Hospital
• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
• Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
• Sentara BelleHarbour
• Sentara Independence
• Sentara Leigh Hospital
• Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
• Sentara Obici Hospital
• Sentara Princess Anne Hospital
• Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
• Shore Medical Center
• St. James Parish Hospital
• Trinity Health Oakland Hospital
• UNC Rex Healthcare
• Willamette Valley Medical Center
• Wood County Hospital
• Yale New Haven Hospital
• Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael Campus

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