At Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., key emergency department statistics including "left without being seen" and "average time to see a physician" are at record lows, said Maria Aponte, BSN, RN, administrative director of emergency services at the hospital.

This week, when Ms. Aponte and Eric Handler, DO, chair of Cooperman Barnabas' emergency medicine department, spoke with Becker's, the ED's LWBS average at Cooperman Barnabas is almost zero, 0.13 percent, and patients' time to see a physician in the ED is just under eight minutes — 7.7 minutes to be exact, she said.