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What does breach mean?

When a patient exceeds the the clinically recommended timeframe to be seen and treated within the Emergency Department, they are flagged as a breach.

To find details of breaches, open domains and follow the click path to Emergency Department, Department Now, Situation Report, then go to Breaches by Hour of Breach chart.