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

Jun 04 2013
Mitchell H. Katz, M.D., L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Approval Of Amendment To Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic Service Provider Agreement

Apr 18 2013
Kiwon Yoo & Lucien Wulsin, Insure The Uninsured Project
Hospital Emergency Room: Analysis of OSHPD Safety Net and Clinic Utilization and Revenue Data

Apr 02 2013
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Status Report Regarding the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Sep 21 2012
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
Additional Capital Expenditures for the Psychiatric Emergency Services Decompression Plan

Sep 05 2012
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
LADHS Intent to Participate in Documentary

Sep 04 2012
Dr. Mitchell Katz, L.A. County Department of Health Services (DHS)
Status Report on the Transition to the New LAC+USC Medical Center

Jun 08 2012
William Fujioka , L.A. County Chief Executive Office (CEO)
Psychiatric Emergency Services Decompression Plan

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


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