The diversion of ambulances.

• Position: Health Beat - Research suggests most effective use of ambulance services - Brief Article

The diversion of ambulances away from crowded emergency departments, despite an increase in the transport of patients by ambulance, can be achieved through a community-wide coordinating effort, finds the American College of Emergency Physicians, Washington. D.C. A study over a two-year period in San Diego, Calif., showed that allowing individuals to...