Thirty Miles at Sea — Providing Consistent Care in an Inconsistent Environment

View Resource

Discusses the challenges of providing emergency department care on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, where the population fluctuates widely from the off-season to the summer. Describes how Nantucket Cottage Hospital transitioned from an ad hoc system of rotating physicians, to using a professional staffing group, as a way to ensure adequate coverage and focus on providing quality care rather than scheduling.

Margot Hartmann, Jason Graziadei

New England Journal of Medicine, 376(14), 1306-1307

04/2017

Document

Access · Emergency department and urgent care services · Healthcare business and finance · Physicians · Service delivery models · Massachusetts