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Eyeing the ED's open door: how case managers can reduce unnecessary admissions
A D Conn1, G V Shimkus, R Inbornone
1Holmes Regional Medical Center, Health First Inc., Melbourne, Fla., USA.
Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing : DCCN
|July 6, 2000
Abstract:
More than one-third of all hospital admissions originate from the emergency department (ED). ED case managers maximize the quality of care and control ED admissions by verifying admission criteria, finding alternatives to inappropriate or social admissions, and identifying high-risk discharge factors.