Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health announced the standby emergency department at its Mills Health Center in San Mateo, Calif., will close Dec. 1 to meet earthquake safety standards.
An urgent care center will replace the standby ED at the same location, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013. The center will offer diagnostic services, including laboratory and radiology; urgent minor surgical procedures; and other treatments, such as IV fluids and medications.
Sutter Health officials determined the area has a greater need for urgent care than for emergency services, which is provided by nearby Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Calif., a new hospital that opened last year. In 2011, the Mills standby ED saw about 34 patients a day, whereas Mills-Peninsula Medical Center saw about 100 patients. Mills standby ED's services will be consolidated at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center's full-service ED.
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An urgent care center will replace the standby ED at the same location, and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013. The center will offer diagnostic services, including laboratory and radiology; urgent minor surgical procedures; and other treatments, such as IV fluids and medications.
Sutter Health officials determined the area has a greater need for urgent care than for emergency services, which is provided by nearby Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame, Calif., a new hospital that opened last year. In 2011, the Mills standby ED saw about 34 patients a day, whereas Mills-Peninsula Medical Center saw about 100 patients. Mills standby ED's services will be consolidated at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center's full-service ED.
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