Bloomberg said city hospitals are prepared
to handle a possible swine flu resurgence this fall, but the mayor urged residents
to refrain from
visiting hospital
emergency rooms unless they are seriously ill.
The gap would instead fall on hospitals, nursing homes and rural health care providers, he said, many of which are unequipped
to handle a potential increase in
emergency room visits and are already on the bubble — including facilities like Southampton Hospital, which he said was insolvent.
Many times people use the
Emergency Room instead of Urgent Care without realizing, a visit to the emergency room that could be handled by an urgent care center may result in a claim denial if the patient was not in a life - threatening medical e
Emergency Room instead of Urgent Care without realizing, a visit to the emergency room that could be handled by an urgent care center may result in a claim denial if the patient was not in a life - threatening medical emerge
Room instead of Urgent Care without realizing, a
visit to the
emergency room that could be handled by an urgent care center may result in a claim denial if the patient was not in a life - threatening medical e
emergency room that could be handled by an urgent care center may result in a claim denial if the patient was not in a life - threatening medical emerge
room that could be
handled by an urgent care center may result in a claim denial if the patient was not in a life - threatening medical
emergencyemergency.
A
visit to the
emergency room means receiving immediate medical attention, but many of the medical services previously dealt with only by
emergency rooms are now
handled by private facilities known as urgent care centers.