Q&A
Experience with standalone emergency departments
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse inquires about experiences with running standalone emergency departments and their effectiveness in meeting community needs. Both Dr. Michelle Morse and Dr. Laura Iavicoli respond to this query.
- Neither the New York City Health Department nor NYC Health and Hospitals run standalone emergency departments
- Standalone emergency departments typically don't have specialty care and are not geared towards the highest acuity patients
- Patient transfer systems are usually set up in these types of facilities
- The effectiveness and challenges of standalone emergency departments are not directly addressed due to lack of experience
Mercedes Narcisse
0:43:26
Okay.
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For either one of you, In the past, have you had experience with running standalone emergency department, and have they been effective in meeting community needs?
0:43:40
If not, what were the biggest challenges that medical staff and patient space.
Dr. Michelle Morse
0:43:49
The New York City Health Department does not run any standalone emergency departments, so I can pass to Doctor.
0:43:55
Ethan Cooley.
Laura Iavicoli
0:43:57
Yeah.
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New York City Health And Hospitals also doesn't run standalone hospitals or emergency departments.
0:44:05
The only thing that I can say generally is that there is They don't have specialty care in them, and not as geared towards the highest acuity.
0:44:18
So patient transfer is what is usually set up in those types of facilities.
0:44:24
But again, we don't have them in New York City Health And Hospitals.
