Improvements in Patient Acceptance by Hospitals Following the Introduction of a Smartphone App for the Emergency Medical Service System: A Population-Based Before-and-After Observational Study in Osaka City, Japan

Improvements in Patient Acceptance by Hospitals Following the Introduction of a Smartphone App for the Emergency Medical Service System: A Population-Based Before-and-After Observational Study in Osaka City, Japan

BackgroundRecently, the number of ambulance dispatches has been increasing in Japan, and it is therefore difficult for hospitals to accept emergency patients smoothly and appropriately because of the limited hospital capacity. To facilitate the process of requesting patient t...

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Main Authors: Katayama, Yusuke, Kitamura, Tetsuhisa, Kiyohara, Kosuke, Iwami, Taku, Kawamura, Takashi, Izawa, Junichi, Gibo, Koichiro, Komukai, Sho, Hayashida, Sumito, Kiguchi, Takeyuki, Ohnishi, Mitsuo, Ogura, Hiroshi, Shimazu, Takeshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2017-09-01
Series:JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Online Access:http://mhealth.jmir.org/2017/9/e134/

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