Improvements in Patient Acceptance by Hospitals Following the Introduction of a Smartphone App for the Emergency Medical Service System: A Population-Based Before-and-After Observational Study in Osaka City, Japan

• Main Authors: Katayama, Yusuke (Author), Kitamura, Tetsuhisa (Author), Kiyohara, Kosuke (Author), Iwami, Taku (Author), Kawamura, Takashi (Author), Izawa, Junichi (Author), Gibo, Koichiro (Author), Komukai, Sho (Author), Hayashida, Sumito (Author), Kiguchi, Takeyuki (Author), Ohnishi, Mitsuo (Author), Ogura, Hiroshi (Author), Shimazu, Takeshi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundRecently, the number of ambulance dispatches has been increasing in Japan, and it is therefore difficult for hospitals to accept emergency patients smoothly and appropriately because of the limited hospital capacity. To facilitate the process of requesting patient transport and hospital ac...