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The creation of a new area to quickly assess homeless and uninsured individuals, many requiring behavioral health services, has helped ease pressure on EDs in the Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL. It has also earned the system a 2010 AHA NOVA Award for "Community-Based Alternatives to the Emergency Room."

'Triage center' takes pressure off EDs