Is the Baptist Health - Fort Smith ER faster than average?

It is faster than 70% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

2h 04mmedian time
in this ER

Baptist Health - Fort Smith ER wait time

Emergency room · Fort Smith, AR

Faster than 70% of US ERs · #1,183 of 4,081

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24m faster than the US median

This ERAR 2h 10mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen2%

ER visits a year54,622

1001 Towson Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901

(479) 441-4000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Baptist Health - Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas spend a median of 2 hours 4 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 24 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Arkansas median of 2 hours 10 minutes. 2% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Baptist Health - Fort Smith ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 4 minutes in the ER, from arrival to departure (CMS, Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Half of patients spend longer.

Is that a long wait?

It's shorter than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 70% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number.

Where does this data come from?

From CMS Care Compare, measure OP-18b. How this works.

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