title: A new era of emergency care: planning and design consideration.
abstract: Emergency care is one of the most complex, rapidly growing areas of ambulatory care. Providers need to consider new issues related to management of low-acuity patients, capacity for surge events, and the need to integrate patient focused care into the emergency department environment. This article explores these issues and discusses basic organizational topologies for facilities.
authors.affiliation: Frank Zilm & Associates Inc, Kansas City, MO 64112, USA. frank@zilm.com
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zilm
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States