Emergency Services and Trauma Care

The county emergency medical services system is facing increasingly challenging conditions such as overcrowding, which causes higher numbers of frustrated patients to leave without receiving care. In 2002, the average percent of time that the L.A. County DHS emergency rooms were on diversion climbed to 62 percent. Numerous studies document an increase in poorer outcomes among patients leaving without being seen, as well as longer transport times for diverted ambulances leading to higher rates of illness regardless of insurance status. The Frequent Users of Health Services Initiative is a five-year project funded by The California Endowment and the California HealthCare Foundation supporting six collaborative projects throughout the state focused on decreasing unnecessary use of emergency rooms and avoidable hospital stays.

Publications and Documents

May 15 2012
Dr. Jonathan Fielding, L.A. County Department of Public Health (LADPH)
Notice of Intent to Release a Request for Proposals for Community Centered Emergency Room Project

May 01 2012
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Status Report Regarding the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Apr 24 2012
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
Status Report on the Coordination Agreement Regarding the New Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital

Mar 19 2012
Sara Ackerman and Ralph Gonzales, California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF)
Lessons from an Emergency Department Experiment

Mar 06 2012
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
LAC+USC Medical Center Award Executive Campus Planner Services Agreement

Feb 28 2012
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Status Report Regarding the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Dec 13 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Service
Status Report on Issues Related to the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Nov 22 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Services
Status Report on Issues Related to the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Nov 15 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Services
Average Daily Census, Hospital-Based Outpatient Visits (ER Department and Ambulatory Care) Report

Nov 08 2011
Dr. Mitchell Katz , L.A. County Department of Health Services
Status Report on Issues Related to the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center


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