Benefits

What is EDAP?

The Emergency Department Accreditation Program, or EDAP, is an ACEP-governed national accreditation program that establishes the highest standards for emergency medicine, ensuring that accredited hospitals provide superior patient care, maintain optimal staffing, and promote a safer, more efficient work environment.

Why should your ED seek EDAP Accreditation?

The Emergency Department is the front door to the hospital—where lives are saved, critical decisions are made, and patient outcomes are shaped. Up to 40% of hospital inpatients and 70% of ICU patients enter through the ED. Until now, there has been little transparency for patients when choosing the best emergency care.

EDAP accreditation isn’t just a certification—it’s a statement that your hospital prioritizes the best in emergency care. Stand out as a leader in emergency medicine and give your patients confidence in their care.

There are multiple benefits for all stakeholders, including:

Benefits to Hospitals

Demonstrates that your hospital prioritizes the best in emergency care. Stand out as a leader in emergency medicine and give your patients confidence in their care.
Improves patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Assists patients and families in decision-making about where to seek care.
Ensures that facilities that market themselves as EDAP-accredited meet established standards.
Communicates to prospective emergency medicine clinicians that your work environment is safer and more efficient.

Benefits to Patients and Caregivers

Establishes highest standards for emergency medicine.
Improves patient outcomes and satisfaction.
Rewards and acknowledges EDs/staff/hospitals that are providing superior patient care, maintaining optimal staffing, and promoting a safer, more efficient work environment.
Provides a mechanism to periodically reassess the care provided to ensure they are maintaining high-quality care.

Benefits to Emergency Physicians

Communicates the need for ED physician leaders to be qualified emergency physicians or pediatric emergency physicians.
Promotes the need for 24/7/365 availability of qualified emergency physicians onsite, particularly for high-acuity patients.
Ensures policies defining which patients require direct supervision by an emergency physician, emphasizing onboarding and training process for all ED staff, including proctoring for NPs and PAs.
Places emergency physicians at the head of quality improvement plans, including performance reviews, feedback mechanisms, and confidential exit interviews for departing physicians.
Defines the need for access to pharmacists and respiratory therapists to support medication management and critical care, along with advanced imaging equipment and timely interpretation by radiologists.