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Agreeing to settle a plaintiff's claim alleging ED malpractice may not sound like a good idea to the emergency physician (EP) named in the lawsuit, but, in fact, this course of action is often in everybody's best interest.
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Hospitals across the country are scrambling to improve patient satisfaction so that they won't be dinged by a provision in the Accountable Care Act that will put a portion of Medicare dollars at risk, based on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Services (HCAPS) surveys.
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Hospitals could potentially save millions of dollars by swapping commonly prescribed intravenous (IV) medications with their oral equivalents in patients who can safely take medications by mouth, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. The research, which was published in the journal Clinical Therapeutics,
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Despite continuing turbulence in the health care industry, the past 12 months have been a period of relative stability as far as compensation is concerned among leaders in the ED, according to respondents to the 2011 ED Management Salary Survey. This follows a year in which salaries finally began to inch up after several years of stagnation.
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New systems and processes can make a big difference in trimming wait times and changing customer perceptions in the ED. However, administrators in the enviable position of being able to design a brand new ED facility have an opportunity to create patient-friendly environments that also cater to their own characteristics in terms of flow processes and volume.
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Busy EDs are increasingly relying on temporary staff to cope with nursing shortages, unanticipated spikes in volume, and other personnel challenges, but the practice is coming at a steep price, according to research from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD.
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Having recently completed an instructor course in ICD-10, I am still processing the magnitude of the transition to this new system.
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Hospitals have been accustomed to dealing with sporadic drug shortages for more than a decade, but now both pharmacists and clinicians are scrambling to keep up with a problem that has proven to be unpredictable and challenging.
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There was no one precipitating study or finding that prompted the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission (JC) to issue a Sentinel Event Alert regarding the radiation risks of diagnostic imaging, stresses Ana Pujols McKee, MD, the JC's executive vice president and chief medical officer.
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One of the ways busy EDs are attempting to manage long wait times is by enabling patients who do not need immediate care to make an appointment to be seen in the ED one or two hours in advance.