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You can see dramatic real-world improvements with benchmarking. Some facilities benchmark by modeling a single facility with a successful program. Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, PA, reduced its time from triage to ED bed from 37.8 minutes monthly average to 16.8 minutes monthly average. Saint Rita's Medical Center in Lima, OH, slashed overall length of stay from 190 minutes to 150 minutes.