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How 3 health systems are rethinking high-utilization ED patients

By Ella Ruder 1 min read

A patient who comes back to the emergency department repeatedly is often bringing more than a medical problem. Unstable housing, mental health and substance use challenges, food insecurity, unreliable transportation and trouble getting follow-up care can all send individuals back through the ED. These are needs one ED visit alone cannot meet, and health systems are working to spot them sooner, connecting patients with care in the right setting. Becker’s asked physician leaders at Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and UChicago Medicine what their systems have done… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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