Emergency Services and Trauma Care

The county emergency medical services system is facing increasingly challenging conditions such as overcrowding, which causes higher numbers of frustrated patients to leave without receiving care. In 2002, the average percent of time that the L.A. County DHS emergency rooms were on diversion climbed to 62 percent. Numerous studies document an increase in poorer outcomes among patients leaving without being seen, as well as longer transport times for diverted ambulances leading to higher rates of illness regardless of insurance status. The Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative is a five-year project funded by The California Endowment and the California HealthCare Foundation supporting six collaborative projects throughout the state focused on decreasing unnecessary use of emergency rooms and avoidable hospital stays.

Publications and Documents

Nov 08 2007
Los Angeles County Neighborhood Legal Services
Beilenson Record Volume 5

Nov 08 2007
Los Angeles County Neighborhood Legal Services
Beilenson Record Volume 6

Nov 08 2007
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
October 30, 2007 Beilenson Hearing Transcript on MLK Service Reductions

Nov 06 2007
Dr. Bruce Chernof, Director and Chief Medical Officer, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
MLK Request for Solutions Update

Nov 05 2007
Yolanda Vera, Director, LA Health Action (LAHA)
Beilenson Hearing Testimony of Yolanda Vera on MLK - Harbor Hospital Service Reductions

Oct 31 2007
Kurt Salmon Associates, The California Endowment
Critical Condition: Examining the Scope of Medical Services in South Los Angeles

Oct 18 2007
COPE Health Solutions
South LA Mapping Project

Oct 12 2007
Dr. Bruce Chernof, Director and Chief Medical Officer, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
10/12/2007 Update: Implementation of the Contingency Services Plan at MLK, Jr. - Harbor Hospital

Sep 26 2007
Yolanda Vera, Director, LA Health Action and Jonathan Hunter, Managing Director (Acting), Western Region, Corporation for Supportive Housing, United Homeless Healthcare Partners (UHHP)
Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Re: Medi-Cal coverage for indigent single adults

Sep 10 2007
Ron Hansen, LA Health Action on behalf of United Homeless Healthcare Partners
Homeless People In Los Angeles: Improving Their Health - PowerPoint Presentation


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