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Parkland hospital streamlines emergency room procedures

09:44 PM CST on Tuesday, February 10, 2009

By SHERRY JACOBSON / The Dallas Morning News
sjacobson@dallasnews.com

Parkland Memorial Hospital officials on Tuesday announced changes in emergency room procedures to improve care and reduce long waits.

Included is a new process for evaluating patients entering the ER, allowing them to confer immediately with a nurse or paramedic….

The new check-in process already is persuading patients to stay in the emergency room long enough to receive treatment.

Last month, Parkland said, 14 percent of ER patients left without seeing a physician, compared with the 24 percent who walked away in July.

A 14% LWBS rate would cost most ED groups their contract.  Astonishing this is tolerated.

2 thoughts on “Parkland hospital streamlines emergency room procedures | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Life/Travel: Health

  1. With such hospitals there is often little choice because they are used for primary care by people who have no insurance and can absolutely get no other care; I’ve been told cities like Houston have some good low cost clinics, while Dallas has none and other ERs near there back up as well. They really need a low cost/no cost clinic for nonemergency conditions as well. People with insurance who have been cautioned by other people generally choose other hospitals further away unless they’ve been in a car accident or have third degree burns.

    Other news stories show that taxpayers recently voted to have Parkland massively expanded.

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