Table 1.

Descriptive Characteristics of Facilities (Jan-Aug 2014)

Legend: ^*Rates prior to implementation of CDSS. PE: pulmonary embolism. ED: emergency department. ICU: intensive care unit. CT: computed tomography CDA; Clinical Decision Area. Association with a residency program refers to whether residents rotate through the ED. Hospitalization rate for PE refers to the percentage of PE patients diagnosed with PE in the ED between January 2014 to August 2014 who were then admitted to the hospital (this excludes patients admitted to a CDA and then discharged home).

Facility	#of ED beds	#of-Hosp. beds	CDA	Annual ED census	# of Full-time emergency physicians	# of ICU beds	Associated with a residency program	Trauma designation	#of CT	Acute PE Diagnosis/1000 adult ED visits (age>18)*	Hospitalization with Acute PE (% with admit)*
Active 1	48	323	Yes	56,460	29	20	Yes	No	2	1.6	83.0%
Active 2	18	50	No	46,207	23	8	Yes	No	1	0.8	100.0%
Active 3	61	166	Yes	89,275	45	20	No	No	2	2.0	62.2%
Active 4	36	288	No	89,691	44	32	Yes	No	3	1.0	84.3%
Active 5	18	102	No	26,145	15	12	No	No	2	1.8	85.7%
Active 6	41	161	Yes	103,752	42	20	Yes	Level II	2	1.1	86.4%
Active 7	19	120	No	35,689	21	20	No	No	2	1.5	76.7%
Active 8	46	327	Yes	67,132	45	30	Yes	No	3	1.9	78.3%
Active 9	16	116	Yes	32,937	28	10	No	No	1	1.6	88.4%
Active 10	40	264	Yes	30,294	27	22	No	No	2	1.2	91.7%
Passive 1	24	147	Yes	30,795	15	20	No	No	2	1.7	96.0%
Passive 2	26	224	No	36,209	18	32	Yes	No	2	1.9	85.0%
Passive 3	35	118	Yes	51,162	22	20	No	No	1	1.9	79.3%
Passive 4	28	190	Yes	57,107	15	20	No	No	2	1.0	90.6%