Health care "super users"
In 2013, Wishard Hospital Emergency Medical Services Department made 96,000 runs in response to 911 calls. Each year thousands of uninsured people call 9-1-1 and visit emergency rooms as their primary source of health care. To reduce overuse of their service, the department developed CORE: Community Outreach and Resource Efficiency. One aspect of the program places social workers with emergency....
Source: Sound Medicine - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
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