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Article: Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Succeeds in Lowering Ambulance Diversion Rate; Mayor Applauds Increased Access to Emergency Care.
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- May 25, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- With spiraling ambulance diversion rates and an alarming decline in patient capacity, City officials and health care experts in San Francisco have been hard at work to reverse the City's emergency care crisis. Last week, a City-wide task force charged with addressing the issue announced some very positive results at one of San Francisco's busiest emergency departments.
The Hospital Diversion Task Force announced that Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, the City's second busiest emergency department after San Francisco General Hospital, achieved a diversion rate of eight percent in March and ten percent in April, well below the ...