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Here is some sample content from Access to Emergency Department, Pharmacy, Imaging Services/ Radiology, Clinical Laboratory:

	PURPOSE: To establish the guidelines for providing Emergency Department, Pharmacy, Imaging Services/Radiology and Clinical Laboratory services to patients. POLICY: Patients may require services that include the Emergency Department, Pharmacy, Imaging Services/Radiology, or Clinical Laboratory. The attending physician will order these services, as needed, per the plan of care. Interdisciplinary team input will occur so that a palliative focus of care is emphasized and maintained. PROCEDURE: These services are available through Hospital. Pharmacy and Clinical Laboratory services of ...
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	...Hospice must coordinate the use of these services and make arrangements with the hospital for service and provide coordination of care. Please Note: Home management is always preferred to the use of the Emergency Department. These services must relate to the terminal illness for which the person is receiving Hospice care. Curative measures and unrelated diagnostic testing and treatment is not a component of Hospice. Hospice must make the physician, patient and family that this service...