More than 155 million people visit U.S. emergency departments each year and for many, the first critical assessment happens long before they reach the hospital.
70% of inpatient admissions come from the ED, and approximately 40% of those ED admissions arrive by ambulance. While EMS arrivals in the ED represent only 20% of ED encounters nationally, they are four times more likely to get admitted than ED walk-ins.
Yet despite the volume of these encounters, information collected by EMS teams often isn’t available to emergency clinicians in real time. That disconnect creates a significant blind spot at one of the most critical moments in patient care, limiting clinical decision-making while contributing to downstream operational inefficiencies and financial consequences.