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Emergency Social Services in a Pediatric Hospital
Journal of the Association for the Care of Children in Hospitals, 1980Abstract More and more frequently, social workers are being called to serve in emergency rooms. The way in which social workers respond to these requests will be an important factor in determining the future role of social workers in medical settings (Bergman, 1976, p. 39).
Daniel Zamora, George F. Kuo
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A Basis for Classifying Hospital Emergency Services
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970The primary role of an emergency service to provide care for the acutely and seriously ill or injured patient must not be neglected because of the rapidly rising use of emergency rooms for routine and ambulatory patient care. A community-wide approach to the problem is essential and several basic principles are presented in establishing continuity of ...
Richard A. Brose, Roger L. Youmans
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Crisis Hospitalization Within a Psychiatric Emergency Service [PDF]
American Journal of Psychiatry, 1971 The authors describe the expansion of an emergency psychiatric service to include the use of short-term hospitalization as an integral part of crisis therapy. Experience during the first year of operation, when 200 patients were treated, is summarized.
Mark W. Rhine, Peter Mayerson
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2002
Objectives: The aims of this study were to compare the rates of inpatient admission between a mobile community-based psychiatric emergency service and a hospital-based psychiatric emergency service, and to identify the clinical characteristics of consumers more likely to be admitted to hospital. Methods: A retrospective, quasi-experimental design was
John Bannister +2 more
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Objectives: The aims of this study were to compare the rates of inpatient admission between a mobile community-based psychiatric emergency service and a hospital-based psychiatric emergency service, and to identify the clinical characteristics of consumers more likely to be admitted to hospital. Methods: A retrospective, quasi-experimental design was
John Bannister +2 more
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Planning for Hospital Emergency Services
Postgraduate Medicine, 1971An increasing number of patients are using hospital emergency rooms as drop-in clinics. Several approaches and innovations are suggested here for solving this problem to the benefit of both the patient and the hospital. Among the suggestions is the establishment of the triage system. If patient needs are to be properly met, a great deal of planning for
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Funding hospital-based emergency services
Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 1993In the final analysis, implementing the ED funding model will not generate additional dollars for hospitals; rather the funding model will function as a tool for reallocating existing health care dollars. This function is particularly important as government funding for health care is subjected to increasing financial restraint. As such, the ED funding
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Monitoring System for Emergency Service in a Hospital Environment [PDF]
2019 IEEE 6th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2019 The hospital emergency service remains the first choice for the vast majority of patients. The large influx of hospital emergency services, combined with the lack of health professionals, often makes the patients susceptible to excessive waiting times. As a result, their health condition may worse after triage, until they are observed by a doctor.
A. Reis +5 more
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Expanding Psychiatric Service in a Hospital Emergency Room
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1979Senior medical residents were used to extend psychiatric coverage in a busy hospital emergency room. Their service was supported by the backup consultation of senior psychiatric physicians. The medical residents worked in conjunction with psychiatric residents to provide 24-hour daily emergency psychiatric service to more than 350 patients during a 12 ...
Gary Nyman +3 more
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Reasons for hospitalization from a psychiatric emergency service
The Psychiatric Quarterly, 1974The reasons for hospitalization of 341 patients from a university-based psychiatric emergency service were studied. The need for protection was the most frequent reason for hospitalization (51%), with the need for inpatient diagnostic studies or treatment second in frequency (36%).
Haroutun M. Babigian, Gary D. Hanson
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[Medical responsibility in hospital emergency services].
Acta medica portuguesa, 1994Questions of medical responsibility of doctors working at the emergency services of the public hospitals have been increasing during recent years in Portugal. Several reasons may be contributing to the present situation and some of them are analysed: the organization of the service, the triage, the team work and the co-responsibilization of the ...
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