Solutions for patients visiting the emergency department with non-emergent issues: results from a deliberative public policy analysis process

Intern Emerg Med. 2024 Mar;19(2):591-593. doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03404-7. Epub 2023 Sep 2.

Authors

Janna Newton¹, Kiarash Riazi², Neha Vashist¹, Hailey Jarvis¹, Eddy Lang³, Fiona Clement², Reed F Beall⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
² Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁴ Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. Reed.Beall@ucalgary.ca.

PMID: 37658949
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-023-03404-7

No abstract available

Keywords: Emergency medicine; Health education; Policy; Policy analysis; Smartphone; Telemedicine; Urgent care; Wait times.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Emergency Service, Hospital*
Health Policy*
Humans
Patients
Policy Making