Last week's column focused on some of the many challenges we've encountered trying to create a more patient-centered transitions program for moving patients from the inpatient setting to the outpatient setting. As we have been going through this process, and through our everyday lives, we realized that another venue with a delicate transition is moving into and out of the emergency room.There are many conditions that we would rather not see in our office and are much more appropriate for triage and care in the emergency department. Acute myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis.
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February 13, 2014
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