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Study Reveals Factor in Significantly Reducing Emergency Room Visits

September 26th, 2005 |  Published in Remote Monitoring, Wireless Medical Devices

Boston Red Sox championship games. Yes, a paper
published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that emergency
department visits in Boston during last years championship games
declined substantially.

“I have no idea where the patients go, but they don't come into the
emergency room,” said Dr. Alasdair Conn, the ER chief at Massachusetts
General Hospital, which was included in the study.

[Hat tip: FierceHealthcare]

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