Tag: trauma
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Freestanding Emergency Departments and Micro-hospitals
Two Models that May Help Mississippi Communities Affected by Rural Hospital ClosuresIn a recent report by Navigant Consulting, 48% of Mississippi’s rural hospitals were rated as a high financial risk.
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Sustaining Mississippi’s Trauma Care System | 2016 Issue Brief
To view the print-friendly version of this brief, click here. | To view the 2007 report, click here. Mississippi has enacted policies that are considered a model for trauma system development by other states. Much of the success of Mississippi’s system is derived from a stable funding structure established in…
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Reviving Mississippi’s Trauma System: Trauma Care Task Force | 2007 Issue Brief
To download the print-friendly version, click here. | To read more about Trauma Care Systems, click here. Senate Bill 2863, enacted during the 2007 legislative session, mandated the creation of a Trauma Care Task Force to study the status of trauma and burn care in Mississippi and report their findings…