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β Increasing Β· β Decreasing Β· β Stable Β· Provisional = filing still in process
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Trends: β increasing, β decreasing, β stable over the dates shown. Provisional means a filing is still in process.
CMS / CDPH comparisons: β above, β below, β equal to the national number or the source reports no difference. The label identifies which comparison is shown.
Charge-nurse patient assignment β UNKNOWN Β· charge availability affects every nurseβs backupIs the charge nurse free of a patient assignment on this unit? If not, is it a partial or full assignment, how many patients, and how often? What dedicated RN/LVN support is provided, and who covers charge duties during emergencies?Source β
RN hours / patient day: 17.08 Β· 2024Who covers call-outs and breaks on this unit?Source β
Registry nursing share of nursing hours: 2.7% Β· 2024How many agency RNs are here now? How long is orientation?Source β
Hospital RN turnover: Not yet reviewed Β· hospital RN vacancies: Not yet reviewed Β· unit-level records separateWhat is this unitβs RN turnover over the last year? How many RN vacancies?Source β
RN hours / patient day Β· 191 audited 2024 reports
Mostly acute-care patient days. This broad group differs from the similar-reporting-unit comparison, which also matches licensed-bed size and exact care categories.
100.0% of this reportβs patient days: acute care
Registry nursing personnel may include RNs, LVNs, and aides/orderlies. Traveler-only and RN-only registry shares are not reported in this source category. Category definition Β· GAO β
Registry nursing hours / reported nursing hours
2.7%
2024β Increasing Β· 2022β2024
Registry nursing hours
56,697
2024
π Registry nursing share of nursing hours Β· annual reports
Registry nursing share of nursing hours Β· annual reports Β· % of nursing hours
Period
% of nursing hours
2022
1.49
2023
5.3
2024
2.68
2022β2024 pattern: registry nursing share went from 1.5% to 2.7%.
OP_18b Β· Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better Β· source row 9630
Retained record fields
Field
Value
value
224
raw
224
sample
375
footnote
start
2024-10-01
end
2025-09-30
sourceRow
9630
measureName
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit, excluding patients transferred to another facility or psychiatric care/mental health patients. A lower number of minutes is better
OP_18c Β· Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better Β· source row 9631
Retained record fields
Field
Value
value
442
raw
442
sample
12
footnote
start
2024-10-01
end
2025-09-30
sourceRow
9631
measureName
Average (median) time psychiatric/mental health patients spent in the emergency department before leaving from the visit. A lower number of minutes is better
OP_18d Β· Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better Β· source row 9632
Retained record fields
Field
Value
value
β UNKNOWN
raw
Not Available
sample
Not Available
footnote
1
start
2024-10-01
end
2025-09-30
sourceRow
9632
measureName
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency department before being transferred to another facility. A lower number of minutes is better
OP_22 Β· Left before being seen Β· source row 9633
Retained record fields
Field
Value
value
1
raw
1
sample
48991
footnote
start
2024-01-01
end
2024-12-31
sourceRow
9633
measureName
Left before being seen
Ambulance offload Β· records & history
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital Β· CEMSIS 20401 Β· unique normalized hospital / retained CMS name + EMS geography
Unweighted median of hospital report ratios PRD_HR_RN / DAY_TOT. Middle 50%: inclusive linear-interpolated 25th and 75th percentiles. Same 2024 selected-report file; audited Comparable reports, 365 or 366 days, majority (>50%) patient-day care group, exact unique HCAI IDs, reconciled care-day totals and existing CNO ratio. Includes reported zero RN hours; excludes missing values. No reference for mixed care-day groups or cohorts smaller than eight.
Santa Monica - UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital Β· Los Angeles Β· CEMSIS 20401 Β· unique normalized hospital / retained CMS name + EMS geography
Oct 2024: 1:17:47 Β· 90th percentile Β· 186 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 29
Nov 2024: 1:34:14 Β· 90th percentile Β· 327 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 34
Dec 2024: 1:33:10 Β· 90th percentile Β· 345 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 39
Jan 2025: 1:45:15 Β· 90th percentile Β· 329 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 44
Feb 2025: 1:32:35 Β· 90th percentile Β· 269 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 49
Mar 2025: 1:20:15 Β· 90th percentile Β· 316 qualifying offloads Β· page 20 Β· count page 54
Jan 2026: 1:21:37 Β· 297 qualifying offloads Β· local standard 0:30:00 Β· 65% within standard Β· page 5
Reported contract reliance was 0.4 percentage points above the hospitalβs pre-pandemic baseline.
The reported share uses a source-defined denominator that is not reconstructed from the displayed contract and productive-RN hour fields.
Where the numbers came from.
Facility record
Official HCAI identity and 281 licensed beds match the source record. Audited workforce filing, capacity record, and uniquely matched historical baseline are available.
βWhat changed in this hospitalβs patient demand, staffed capacity, and permanent RN coverage during the same periodβand what happened on my unit?β