The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

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The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Medical categories.

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Medical categories.

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

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Author : United States House of Representatives
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-09-18

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity written by United States House of Representatives and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-18 with categories.

The lack of hospital emergency surge capacity: will the administration's Medicaid regulations make it worse?, day two: hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 7, 2008.

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity

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Author : United States Congress House of Represen
language : en
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Release Date : 2015-02-14

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity written by United States Congress House of Represen and has been published by Scholar's Choice this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-14 with categories.

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Author : United States. Congress
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-01-18

The Lack Of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity written by United States. Congress and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-18 with categories.

The lack of hospital emergency surge capacity : will the administration's Medicaid regulations make it worse?, day two : hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, May 7, 2008.

Medical Surge Capacity

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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2010-04-18

Medical Surge Capacity written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-18 with Medical categories.

During natural disasters, disease pandemics, terrorist attacks, and other public health emergencies, the health system must be prepared to accommodate a surge in the number of individuals seeking medical help. For the health community, a primary concern is how to provide care to individuals during such high demand, when the health system's resources are exhausted and there are more patients than the system can accommodate. The IOM's Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop June 10-11, 2009, to assess the capability of and tools available to federal, state, and local governments to respond to a medical surge. In addition, participants discussed strategies for the public and private sectors to improve preparedness for such a surge. The workshop brought together leaders in the medical and public health preparedness fields, including policy makers from federal agencies and state and local public health departments; providers from the health care community; and health care and hospital administrators. This document summarizes the workshop.

Regional Disaster Response Coordination To Support Health Outcomes

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Author : Megan Reeve Snair
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

Regional Disaster Response Coordination To Support Health Outcomes written by Megan Reeve Snair and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Medical categories.

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Health Care Emergency Management

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Author : Michael J. Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Release Date : 2010-06-04

Health Care Emergency Management written by Michael J. Reilly and has been published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-04 with Law categories.

Recent research underscores a serious lack of preparedness among hospitals nationwide and a dearth of credible educational programs and resources on hospital emergency preparedness. As the only resource of its kind, Health Care Emergency Management: Principles and Practice specifically addresses hospital and health system preparedness in the face of a large scale disaster or other emergency. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Guidance For Establishing Crisis Standards Of Care For Use In Disaster Situations

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Author : Institute of Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2009-09-23

Guidance For Establishing Crisis Standards Of Care For Use In Disaster Situations written by Institute of Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-23 with Medical categories.

The influenza pandemic caused by the 2009 H1N1 virus underscores the immediate and critical need to prepare for a public health emergency in which thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of people suddenly seek and require medical care in communities across the United States. Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations draws from a broad spectrum of expertise-including state and local public health, emergency medicine and response, primary care, nursing, palliative care, ethics, the law, behavioral health, and risk communication-to offer guidance toward establishing standards of care that should apply to disaster situations, both naturally occurring and man-made, under conditions in which resources are scarce. This book explores two case studies that illustrate the application of the guidance and principles laid out in the report. One scenario focuses on a gradual-onset pandemic flu. The other scenario focuses on an earthquake and the particular issues that would arise during a no-notice event. Outlining current concepts and offering guidance, this book will prove an asset to state and local public health officials, health care facilities, and professionals in the development of systematic and comprehensive policies and protocols for standards of care in disasters when resources are scarce. In addition, the extensive operations section of the book provides guidance to clinicians, health care institutions, and state and local public health officials for how crisis standards of care should be implemented in a disaster situation.

Hospital Based Emergency Departments Background And Policy Considerations

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Author : Congressional Research Congressional Research Service
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2014-12-08

Hospital Based Emergency Departments Background And Policy Considerations written by Congressional Research Congressional Research Service and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-08 with categories.

Hospital-based Emergency Departments (EDs) are required to stabilize patients with emergent conditions regardless of the patients' ability to pay as a requirement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Given this requirement, EDs play an important part in the health care safety net by serving the uninsured, the underserved, and those enrolled in Medicaid. Open 24 hours a day, EDs provide emergency care, urgent care, primary care, and behavioral health care services in communities where these services are unavailable or unavailable after hours. EDs also play a key role during emergencies, such as natural disasters. Some EDs are challenged to provide effective care. For example, EDs provide a disproportionate amount of health care to the U.S. population, in general, and to the safety net population, in particular. Specifically, while 4% of all U.S. physicians are ED physicians, they are the treating physicians in 28% of all acute care visits. Some EDs face financial challenges. ED services are costly both to payers, because services provided in an ED are more costly than those provided in community-based settings, and to hospitals, because operating an ED has high fixed costs and because if patients enter with an emergent condition, hospitals are required by EMTALA to stabilize the patient regardless of the patientâe(tm)s ability to pay. As providers of uncompensated safety net care, some EDs are crowded, in part because hospitals lack staff or inpatient beds to transfer patients from the ED, and in part because of the large number of patients who seek care in the ED because care is unavailable or inaccessible in the community. Crowded conditions have resulted in some patients experiencing long wait times, which, at times, delays access to care and results in worse health outcomes. In addition, hospitals, particularly those in urban areas, are regularly diverting ambulances because they are too crowded to accept new patients. This report describes EDs and the role they play in the health care delivery system. It also discusses the federal role and interest in supporting emergency care. The federal government is the largest payer for overall health care, through the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Also, the federal government has made investments in emergency preparedness, programs and efforts that support the health care safety net, and health care access in general. Given these investments, Congress may be interested in EDs because a well-functioning ED system is necessary to provide surge capacity in an emergency. The function of the ED system, in turn, reflects its surrounding community's access to health care services; therefore, understanding the use of EDs, evaluating whether such use is appropriate, and examining strategies employed to reduce inappropriate use may all be of policy interest. This report discusses three commonly identified and interrelated challenges that EDs face: (1) crowding in EDs, (2) providing repeat care to a subset of patients who are frequent users, and (3) providing care to a large population who have behavioral health conditions when an ED lacks the appropriate resources to provide such treatment. Finally, this report concludes with some policy options that Congress might consider to improve ED functioning and reduce payer costs. This report focuses on EDs that are available to the general population; as such, it does not include EDs operated by the Departments of Defense or Veterans Affairs or those operated by the Indian Health Service.