Calif. Hospitals Aim To Offer Guidance on ED Wait Times

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Calif. Hospitals Aim To Offer Guidance on ED Wait Times

California Healthline

 

Some California hospitals have embarked on efforts to provide
consumers with more information about wait times at their emergency
departments. For example, Hospital Corporation of America's five
California hospitals have deployed a service allowing patients to
check ED wait times through text messaging. In addition, Sierra Vista
Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo and Placentia-Linda
Hospital have started posting wait times on their websites.

"The Hospital ER as Main Selling Point" (Payers & Providers, 7/29).
http://www.payersandproviders.com/publications/pp729.pdf 

 

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http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2010/7/30/calif-hospitals
-aim-to-offer-guidance-on-ed-wait-times.aspx#ixzz0wxlgGxMM

 

Abid Mogannam &
Brian Potts MD, MBA
Managing Editors, CAL/AAEM News Service
University of California, Irvine

 

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