Urgent care centers

The second source of influx will be from patients presenting to the ED for care. Instead of providing ED care to all patients, in a MCI other options need to be created to protect the ED for critically ill patients. For some patients, a medical screening exam could be performed, and then they would be either discharged home or transferred to alternate sites for care. These sites could include urgent care centers, physician offices, or other buildings within a medical center. However, when... 

Health care delivery system affected Hospitals, EMS, psychiatric facilities, long-term care, elderly/ disability services, home health agencies, blood services, assisted living facilities, cemeteries, senior meal sites, pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers, EMS dispatch, urgent care centers, eye care, dialysis units, physician offices, hearing and dental care. Meals on Wheels, and Visiting Nurse Associations. 

The FDA reports that 319,741 people in the United States were hospitalized as a result of serious adverse drug events in 2008, and of these cases, 15.6% - almost 50,000 - patients died. In fact, from January 2000 to June 2009 the FDA has reported nearly 2 million cases of serious adverse drug events, of which 17 % (336,448) have resulted in death. About 5% of hospital admissions in the United States are estimated to be for the treatment of ADRs. Moreover, as many as one-third of all emergency department and urgent care-center visits are drug related. 

Florida Poison Information Center-Miami, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 NW 12th Avenue, Urgent Care Center Bldg., Rm. 219, Miami, FL 33136... 

On Monday morning, the CEO of the hospital called together the executive staff and some of the department directors. Based on the utilities and staffing, decisions were made for example, the Cancer Center and Urgent Care facilities were closed. This group met twice per day for the next 3 to 4 days. 

There is considerable confusion in pharmacy concerning current definitions of practice sites and practice philosophies. Ambulatory care includes all health-related services in which patients walk to seek their care. " These services may be provided in emergency rooms, urgent centers, private offices, primary care clinics, specialty and subspecialty clinics, and community pharmacies. 

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