Data Asset Details
Emergency Room National Ambulatory Reporting System Initiative (ERNI)
- PHIPA Role
- Prescribed Entity (PE)
- Statement of Purpose
- The purpose of this dataset is to securely store emergency room (ER) wait times data related to the provincial ER/Alternate Levels of Care (ALC) Strategy.
- Need for Personal Health Information
- PHI is required to determine return on investment, performance improvement, and to calculate percentage of patients returning to an ER within a specified time period as a measure of quality of care and potential negative impact of ER focus.
- Data Types
- Demographic , Facilities , Geographic , Wait time , Health Services
- Data Provider
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Last Updated: June 23, 2025