Is the Pocahontas Community Hospital ER faster than average?

It is faster than 74% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

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Pocahontas Community Hospital ER wait time

Emergency room · Pocahontas, IA

Faster than 74% of US ERs · #1,060 of 4,081

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28m faster than the US median

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606 N W 7Th Street, Pocahontas, IA 50574

(712) 335-3501

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Pocahontas Community Hospital in Pocahontas, Iowa spend a median of 2 hours there, from arrival to leaving. That's 28 minutes less than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and faster than the Iowa median of 2 hours.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Pocahontas Community Hospital ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 2 hours 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 74% 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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