ACEP Emergency Department Accreditation Program

ACEP will soon offer a tiered Emergency Department Accreditation Program to establish transparency by recognizing hospitals with EDs that meet several key criteria and provide the best patient care possible.

Over the last 30 years, ACEP has been the leader in developing policies that set the standard for the practice of Emergency Medicine and support the emergency physician, the emergency patient and the entire emergency team.

Currently, no accreditation or classification programs recognize EDs that adhere to these policies and practice standards.

The nation’s emergency departments vary in staffing, capabilities and working conditions. Hospitals and emergency departments committed to high, evidence-based standards, including staffing by board-certified emergency physicians, should be recognized for their efforts to provide the best care possible to the communities they serve.

The ED Accreditation Program will help improve patient care and promote fair, productive and safe working environments for emergency physicians and other members of the emergency care team through the implementation of evidence-based policies and practices across all practice settings and all staffing models.

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Proposed Standards and Criteria

Over the past year, ACEP's ED Accreditation Task Force has reviewed and collected ACEP policies and practice recommendations to create possible accreditation criteria. While the criteria are still being finalized, we anticipate identifying levels of accreditation broken down by the following domains: