Emergency Care EMTALA Alterations During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States.
J Emerg Nurs
; 47(2): 321-325, 2021 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1002747
ABSTRACT
The coronavirus 2019 pandemic has affected almost every aspect of health care delivery in the United States, and the emergency medicine system has been hit particularly hard while dealing with this public health crisis. In an unprecedented time in our history, medical systems and clinicians have been asked to be creative, flexible, and innovative, all while continuing to uphold the important standards in the US health care system. To continue providing quality services to patients during this extraordinary time, care providers, organizations, administrators, and insurers have needed to alter longstanding models and procedures to respond to the dynamics of a pandemic. The Emergency Medicine Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1986, or EMTALA, is 1 example of where these alterations have allowed health care facilities and clinicians to continue their work of caring for patients while protecting both the patients and the clinicians themselves from infectious exposures at the same time.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Delivery of Health Care
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Emergency Medical Services
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
J Emerg Nurs
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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