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Implications of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) During Public Health Emergencies and on Alternate Sites of Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2013

Andrew R. Roszak ,
Frances R. Jensen ,
Richard E. Wild ,
Kevin Yeskey  and
Michael T. Handrigan
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Abstract

Hospitals throughout the country are using innovative strategies to accommodate the surge of patients brought on by the novel H1N1 virus. One strategy has been to help decompress the amount of patients seeking care within emergency departments by using alternate sites of care, such as tents, parking lots, and community centers as triage, staging, and screening areas. As at any other time an individual presents on hospital property, hospitals and providers must be mindful of the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. In this article we review the act and its implications during public health emergencies, with a particular focus on its implications on alternative sites of care. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2009;3(Suppl 2):S172–S175)

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Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Actmedical surgealternate sites of carecapacityH1N1triageemergency department
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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 3 , Issue S2 , December 2009 , pp. S172 - S175
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Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2009

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