title: Can ambulatory emergency care help to streamline services?
abstract: This article discusses four models of ambulatory emergency care (AEC), a form of clinical care that allows practitioners to assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients on the same days that they present to emergency departments. The article recommends one model in particular, the process model, and sets out four questions practitioners who want to deliver AEC should ask of patients at the point of referral.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatory Emergency Care Delivery Network, London.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Connolly
keywords: Emergencies; judgment; referral and consultation