Is the Mercy Hospital Fort Smith ER faster than average?

It is faster than 9% of the 4,081 US ERs that report this number. The US median is 2 hours 28 minutes.

3h 48mmedian time
in this ER

Mercy Hospital Fort Smith ER wait time

Emergency room · Fort Smith, AR

Faster than 9% of US ERs · #3,707 of 4,081

Directions Call AR ranking

1h 20m slower than the US median

This ERAR 2h 10mUS 2h 28m

Left before being seen3%

ER visits a year68,899

7301 Rogers Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72903

(479) 314-6000

Patients sent home from the emergency room at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Arkansas spend a median of 3 hours 48 minutes there, from arrival to leaving. That's 1 hour 20 minutes more than the national median of 2 hours 28 minutes, and slower than the Arkansas median of 2 hours 10 minutes. 3% of patients left before being seen.

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Questions

How long is the wait at the Mercy Hospital Fort Smith ER?

The median patient who is sent home spends 3 hours 48 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 9% 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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