More community health centers:
Family Health Center cuts its ER visits by 15 percent from 2006 to 2007 after creating a nurse triage system and adopting appointments for its urgent care department. Overall, ER visits dropped by 2 percent at the 21 health centers participating in a state initiative.
Finding physicians to staff community clinics is another matter, but the bottom line is that increasing outpatient medical access will relieve emergency department crowding.
