Our Pilot Sites

The Emergency Department (ED) Accreditation program will launch its pilot phase of the program in the late spring/early summer 2024. Six hospitals have enrolled as a pilot site and have agreed to provide criteria and process feedback to the ED Accreditation Board of Governors. This feedback will be instrumental towards a successful nationwide program launch.

The voluntary Emergency Department Accreditation program includes four levels similar to other ACEP accreditation designations and provides specific criteria and goals for emergency clinicians and administrators to target. The level of accreditation achieved depends upon how many best practices an ED can meet.

The program’s mission is to elevate the practice of emergency medicine; transparency for patients, to offer some enforcement to ACEP’s established policies, and to create the safest and most effective environment for patient care for both our patients, our physicians, and all ED staff.  Meeting ED Accreditation standards can add value for patients, physicians, and hospitals.

Standard Pricing Model

• Level 1 $15,000, (Intro rate, will increase to $20K in late 2024)
• Level 2 $10,000
• Level 3 $5,000
• Rural Emergency Hospital and Critical Access Hospital $2,500
• Pilot sites will receive a 20% discount off the standard pricing matrix. In exchange for the 20% discount, ACEP and the ED Accreditation Board of Governors will want to hear and learn from participating pilot sites via a variety of methods.
• ACEP will interview the applicant on the application process and understand why the ED chose to become accredited.
• ACEP would like to share deidentified applications with other interested emergency departments as sample documents that will be housed on the Emergency Department Accreditation website for the first year of program implementation.
• ACEP would like to collaborate with the accredited ED to build a case study and /or video on the importance of the Emergency Department accreditation program.

Pilot Sites

• The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Alabama, teaching hospital
• University of Maryland Medical Center, Maryland, teaching hospital
• John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS), Texas, Safety Net hospital
• Chelsea Hospital, Michigan, suburban
• Saint Alphonsus Medical Center, Idaho
• Holy Cross Medical Center, New Mexico, Critical Access hospital

Each hospital is encouraged to start at the level most appropriate for their institution and strive to reach higher levels of accreditation over time. The ED Accreditation Board of Governors is in place to help each institution reach the highest standards of care; standards which will continue to evolve. The ED accreditation is valid for a 3-year term and signals to the public that your institution is focused on the highest standards of care.