Is the Vista Medical Center East ER faster than average?

It is faster than 25% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 09mmedian time
in this ER

Vista Medical Center East ER wait time

Emergency room · Waukegan, IL

Faster than 25% of US ERs · #3,073 of 4,081

Directions Call IL ranking

41m slower than the US median

This ERIL 2h 53mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen5%

ER visits a year35,619

1324 North Sheridan Road, Waukegan, IL 60085

(847) 360-3000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois spend a median of 3 hours 9 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 41 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Illinois median of 2 hours 53 minutes. 5% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Vista Medical Center East ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 9 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 longer than the US median of 2 hours 28 minutes. It's faster than 25% 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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