Articles Tagged With: bedside
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Experts Revisit Processes Surrounding Crisis Standards of Care
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare practitioners have observed challenges related to the implementation of crisis standards of care (CSC), a declaration that should be made only when all other options have failed. Experts report there has been a lack of consistency in such decision-making. In some cases, CSC decisions are made unnecessarily, putting patients at risk. They advise re-examining plans for CSC devised before the pandemic to incorporate recent lessons learned.
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Palliative Care and Ethical Considerations in the COVID-19 ICU
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an ICU environment different from what we have ever seen in our lifetimes that has deep palliative care and ethical repercussions.
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Hemodynamic Monitoring Modalities in the Emergency Department
Hemodynamic monitoring is a very important component in effectively resuscitating critically ill patients. Various methods of hemodynamic monitoring not only give the physician an idea of the patient’s overall pathophysiology, but can alert the physician to acute changes.
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Facility Has ‘One-Stop’ Process at Patient’s Bedside
Patient satisfaction scores soared after bedside registration was implemented at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, IL.
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Hospital Has ‘One-Stop’ Process at Patient’s Bedside
Patient satisfaction scores soared after bedside registration was implemented at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, IL.
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Bedside Registration Best for Patient Flow, But the Process Needs Fine-Tuning
Bedside registration has been in place for more than 20 years in the ED at William Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak (MI). However, the process has changed many times in recent years
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Interdisciplinary Walking Rounds: A Key Strategy for Improving Case Management Outcomes – Part 2
In last month’s edition of Case Management Insider, we began exploring the evolving world of interdisciplinary care rounds. “State of the art,” as defined by The Joint Commission and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, is to have some form of bedside or walking rounds.