학술논문

Lessons learned about policymaking: Moving an emergency department–initiated screening protocol to systemwide input in the development and implementation process.
Document Type
Article
Source
Academic Emergency Medicine; Jun2023, Vol. 30 Issue 6, p683-686, 4p
Subject
MEDICAL quality control
HEALTH services administrators
HOSPITAL emergency services
HEALTH services accessibility
PULMONARY embolism
HEALTH facility administration
MEDICAL screening
HOSPITAL health promotion programs
EVIDENCE-based medicine
MEDICAL protocols
HUMAN services programs
CANCER patients
VENOUS thrombosis
SEPSIS
CONTINUUM of care
POLICY sciences
MEDICAL needs assessment
Language
ISSN
10696563
Abstract
The article focuses on challenge of health care landscape for cancer patients needing to access subspecialty and advanced diagnostic care and treatment despite the benefits of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility through the ACA in the U.S. It informs that the role of emergency department (ED) in maximizing touch point opportunities for patients is expanding as office-based physicians.