JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Freestanding emergency rooms are meeting a significant need for people to have easier access to medical care, especially in the case of an emergency.
“We are providing care and patients’ backyards,” said Dr. Shilpa Amin, who is the chief of emergency medicine at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital. “These are the same doctors who work at the main hospitals. They also work at the freestanding hospitals.”
There are at least 20 free-standing emergency rooms in northeast Florida…