ED navigators prevent unnecessary admissions.
RN Navigators in the emergency department at Montefiore Medical Center work with social workers to prevent unnecessary admissions. Program targets the homeless and patients with tenuous living situations. CMs work with the emergency department staff to identify patients who don't meet admission criteria but can't be safely discharged. The hospital collaborates with a local housing assistance agency which sends a van to transport appropriate patients to a shelter.
D019090:Case Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D009519:New York City; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010343:Patient Admission