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Free-standing emergency clinics: community development guidelines
Abstract:
When a free-standing emergency clinic (FEC) unexpectedly opened in Montgomery County, Maryland, the local emergency medical services council thought the FEC's operational plan was in conflict with the community concept of emergency medical services (EMS). Because there were no agreed upon factual guidelines with which to judge the FEC, the council established a task force to study the problem and to develop standards and guidelines. This article is based on that report. We recommend that if a facility physically separate from a hospital uses the words "emergency" in offering medical services, it means at least 24 hours of operation with standards at least equal to those offered by the local EMS system.
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