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: Source Type: news