Research Catalog

Title

Hospital-based emergency care : at the breaking point / Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System, Board on Health Care Services.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2007], ©2007.

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Additional Authors

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System.

Description

xxiii, 397 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions. Hospital-Based Emergency Care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources. This new book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges." "Hospital-Based Emergency Care will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Future of emergency care

Uniform Title

Future of emergency care.

Subjects

• United States
• Emergency Service, Hospital
• Emergency medical services
• Health Care Reform
• Hospitals > Emergency services

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The evolving role of hospital-based emergency care -- 3. Building a 21st-century emergency care system -- 4. Improving the efficiency of hospital-based emergency care -- 5. Technology and communications -- 6. The emergency care workforce -- 7. Disaster preparedness -- 8. Enhancing the emergency care research base -- App. A. Committee and subcommittee membership -- App. B. Biographical information for main committee and hospital-based emergency care subcommittee -- App. C. List of presentations to the committee -- App. D. List of commissioned papers -- App. E. Statistics on emergency and trauma care utilization -- App. F. Historical development of hospital-based emergency and trauma care -- App. G. Recommendations and responsible entities from the Future of emergency care series.

ISBN

• 9780309101738 (hardback)
• 0309101735 (hardback)

LCCN

2007000079

OCLC

• ocm77716564
• 77716564
• SCSB-5338710

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries