New Category of Stand-Alone EDs Taking Root in Illinois

Since the Illinois passed legislation allowing stand-alone EDs last year, at least three such sites have opened in the state, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

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The Lake Forest Hospital Grayslake Emergency Center, which opened last month in an exurb north of Chicago, expects to see about 40,000 patients a year.

The center sees patients with broken bones, food poisoning and even pneumonia and other respiratory problems, but victims of strokes or heart attacks would be taken to a hospital.

Read the Chicago Tribune‘s report on stand-alone EDs.

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