AHRQ Innovations Exchange: Strategies To Address Frequent Emergency Department Use || October 23, 2013 Issue

AHRQ Innovations Exchange

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October 23, 2013 IssueStrategies To Address Frequent Emergency Department Use

This issue includes

Innovations:

• Coordinated, Intensive Services Improve Outcomes, Reduce Frequent ED Use
• Provider Team Offers Services, Referrals to Frequent Inner-City ED Users
• Short-Term Housing, Post-Discharge Care Reduce ED Use Among Homeless Individuals

QualityTools:

• ER Is for Emergencies
• Managing Drug-Seeking Behaviors & Super Users in the Emergency Department
• Medical Respite Tool Kit

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