DPH Letters to Hospitals

• Resubmission of Hospital Code Help Plans - 7/8/2010 (PDF) 

• #10-02-531 Reducing Emergency Department Patient Boarding and Submitting Code Help Policies to DPH - 2/25/2010 (PDF) 

• #09-09-522 Reducing Need for Boarding Patients and Alternate Space for Patients with Influenza-like Illness - 9/25/2009 (PDF) 

  • Attachement B - EMTALA Fact Sheet (PDF) 

Resources

• ED Crowding Workshop Reference List ACEP 2010 (PDF) 

• 2005 Policy for Management of Admitted Patients Awaiting Bed Placement ("Corridor Bed Policy") (PDF) 

• 2002 DPH Request to Submit Code Help Plans (PDF) 

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This information is provided by the Division of Health Care Quality within the Department of Public Health.