On-call Specialists and Higher Level of Care Transfers in California Emergency Departments Top of pageMethods Results Discussion Limitations Conclusions Acknowledgments References Objectives: To survey California emergency department (ED) medica... MD Menchine,LJ Baraff - 《Academic Emergency Medicine》...
For nearly 40 years, EMTALA has protected access to emergency services regardless of a person’s ability to pay, citizenship, or legal status. By requiring hospitals to screen, stabilize, treat, or transfer patients in need of emergency care, EMTALA has ensured that anyone needing ...
1. “The client will need to see a health care provider because he needs to have a medical screening before being discharged.” 2. “If the hospital is not capable of caring for the client, we can transfer to a facility that provides higher level of care.” 3. “The on-call pulmonolo...
our institution has kept a log of transfer requests since 2000 that provides a unique opportunity to analyze trends in emtala transfer patterns. methods stanford university hospital (suh), stanford, california, is a 566-bed tertiary care center with level i trauma designation. after receiving ...