A non-voice emergency service (NOVES) can provide users thereof the ability to send a non-voice emergency message to an emergency services center, such as a 911 call center. However, not all emergency service centers are equipped to handle non-voice emergency messages. ...
Yet, it was difficult to determine whether visits to the netdoctors actually reduced visits to other PCCs, visits to emergency care units, or calls to the national phone-based care line. Some studies indicated the opposite [52]. In summary, the netdoctors’ business-model adjustments shaped ...
Table 1. Expenditures of Major Need-Tested Benefit Programs, by Form of Benefit and Level of Government, FY2000-FY2002 Table 2. Total Expenditures for Need-Based Benefits, FY1968-FY2002 Table 3. Federal Spending for Income-Tested Benefits by Form of Benefit, FY1968-FY2002 Table 4. State-L...
It obviously diverts the attention of emergency workers from their more important duties, and causes collateral damage in incidents like this. Should it, as the anonymous poster suggested, be considered comparable to turning in a false fire alarm? If so, do we still have freedom to be nonconfo...