At Ocean Beach Hospital, Dr. Malone emphasizes that the hybrid model makes sense: the volume is low, with a half-dozen or so inpatients a day, and the ED visits only total about 7,000 a year.
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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 05 – May 2014“This is not for high-volume places, this is not for anything other these community critical access hospitals that really don’t have the high volume,” she said. “It’s not overwhelming. It is absolutely doable and that’s why it’s being done.”
Thomas R. Collins is a freelance medical writer based in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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