Articles: hospital-emergency-service.
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St. Louis University Hospitals lease a helicopter ambulance service to reach emergency patients in inaccessible areas quickly, to carry specialized medical personnel and equipment to outlying hospitals, and to transfer patients at risk to appropriate facilities.
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Aeromedical evacuation, adapted from military practice, now enlarges the scope of emergency care. Hospitals nationwide are weighing three different operating options before instituting local services.
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High-cost laboratory tests, roentgenograms, medications, and supplies were the focus of a voluntary cost-containment effort initiated in a community hospital emergency department. The department microcomputer determined that 100 of 1,560 possible chargeable items were responsible for 90.9% of the total cost to patients. Emphasis on cost containment in general and specific emphasis on the 100 high-cost items resulted in a 10.2% reduction in laboratory and radiology charges and a 3.3% total savings to patients.