This Week's Challenge: Chronic disease was the most common reason for high utilizers to visit the emergency room in 2014, according to the Healthcare Intelligence Network's third comprehensive survey on reducing avoidable ER visits. See which other conditions were among those most frequently presented in the emergency room.
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