Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,589,562,660 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Diversion Status

    0.01 sec.
Diversion Status
A temporary status for a health care facility, in which it informs local emergency medical services that its beds are full and it cannot take new patients
diversion status
Bypass status Hospital care A temporary status for a health care facility, where its administration informs its emergency medical services that the hospital is full. See Antidumping laws.
How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Medical browser?   Full browser?
 
31 minutes * Hours spent on diversion status (deciding whether to accept ambulance patients) went from 30 hours per month to 17 hours * ED length of stay decreased from 276 minutes to 149 minutes Another objective--increasing the number of discharges before noon by four percent--was also realized.
Connecting the dots: patient flow systems are being leveraged to ... by Gamble, Kate Huvane / Healthcare Informatics
The hospital in Leominster has been on diversion status for relatively short periods, like four or five hours at a time, said Diane Barletta, assistant director of the Central Massachusetts Emergency Medical Systems Corp.
ER diverts more patients; Reasons unclear for increase in business by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
For example, while 2 of every 3 hospitals reported asking ambulances to be diverted to other hospitals at some point in fiscal year 2001, a smaller portion--about 1 of every 10--reported being on diversion status for more than 20 percent of the year.
Hospital Emergency Departments: Crowded Conditions Vary among ... by General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony
 
 
 
Medical Dictionary
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.