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Hospitals may profit from small reductions in ED boarding time
Becker's Hospital Review
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Contrary to popular belief, results from a study show a one-hour reduction in the average emergency department boarding time could add millions of dollars per year in revenue for hospitals that implement active bed management strategies, according to an American College of Emergency Physicians news release.
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ED Director of the Year award goes to Kentucky member
ACEP
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Medical Director at the University of Louisville Hospital Royce D. Coleman, MD, FACEP, was named the 2011 Emergency Department Director of the Year by the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) and
Blue Jay Consulting. The award recognizes current physician leaders who improved the operations of their departments, resulting in improvements in the quality of patient care. Read more online.
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Electronic medical records systems create need for scribes to input data
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The rise in electronic medical records has given Brittany Fera, a premed student at Temple University, an "awesome" job that she had no idea existed before she saw an ad last year. The new
record-keeping systems, which are touted as a way to improve efficiency and quality, slow down emergency medicine physicians so much that the doctors are hiring young people like Fera to input data for them. They call this growing group of employees "medical scribes."
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ACOEP joins the Emergency Medicine Action Fund
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The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians is the latest emergency medicine organization to join the Emergency Medicine Action Fund, which is working to impact health care reform's regulatory implementation and stop the potential threat to the independent practice of emergency medicine. ACOEP will contribute $50,000 over the next two
years, and will join ACEP, AAEM, EMRA, and SAEM on the EM Action Fund Board of Directors, along with other emergency medicine organizations and physician groups of various sizes. Find out more at http://www.acep.org/EMActionFund.
Ski Helmet Law approved by senate
Calaveras News
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Last session, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-Los Angeles) signed an identical measure - Yee's SB 880 - but vetoed a companion bill that called for ski resorts to develop and publish safety plans. Enactment of SB 880 was contingent on the signing of AB 1652 - authored by then-Assemblyman and now Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) - and thus the helmet mandate did not go into effect.
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Study: Overworked nurses lead to unhealthy patients
The Business Journal
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Hospitals that staff more nurses and reduce the amount of nurses' overtime hours also have fewer patients who need to be readmitted or visit the emergency department within the first 30 days after hospital discharge, according to a new study by Marquette University.
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Physician-hospital collaboration accelerates because of health care reform
MedCity
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A new report found that health care reform is accelerating the collaboration between physicians and hospitals, changing the traditional notion that physicians are independent and not financially
tied to hospitals.
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Emergency department abnormal vital sign "triggers" program improves time to therapy
PubMed
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Implementation of rapid response systems to identify deteriorating patients in the inpatient setting has demonstrated improved patient outcomes. A "trigger" system using vital sign abnormalities to initiate evaluation by physician was recently described as an effective rapid response method.
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Impact of provider specialty on pediatric procedural sedation complication
rates
Pediatrics
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To determine if pediatric procedural sedation-provider medical specialty affects major complication rates when sedation-providers are part of an
organized sedation service.
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The effect of removing cost as a barrier to
treatment initiation with outpatient tobacco dependence clinics among emergency department patients
PubMed
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The campaign against tobacco addiction and smoking continues to play an important role in public health. However, referrals to outpatient tobacco cessation programs by emergency physicians are rarely pursued by patients following discharge. This study explored cost as a barrier to follow-up.
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Delirium in older emergency department patients is an independent predictor of hospital length of stay
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The consequences of delirium in the emergency department (ED) remain unclear. This study sought to determine if delirium in the ED was an independent
predictor of prolonged hospital length of stay (LOS).
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Obama deficit plan includes strengthened Medicare pay board
American Medical News
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President Obama on April 13 rebutted a House Republican plan to trim $4 trillion worth of federal deficits over a decade with his own proposal that
he said would protect guaranteed benefits in Medicare and Medicaid.
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High court rejects quick review of health care law
The Associated Press via Google
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The Supreme Court rejected a call from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts.
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Medicare at heart of budget debate
HealthLeaders Media
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Congress and the White House are engaged in the most far-reaching debate about Medicare in the health program's 46-year history, an epic struggle that could bring significant changes in how the government helps seniors and others pay for their care.
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Happy Birthday for an emergency room law
The Asheville Citzen-Times
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This week marked the 25th anniversary of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. By signing the massive Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act on April 7, 1986, President Ronald Reagan and Congress gave legal imprimatur to a requirement that arguably ranks with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as one of the most important anti-discrimination statutes ever enacted.
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ED visits keep increasing, survey finds
Hartford Courant
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One of the most frequently mentioned goals of health care reform is reducing expensive emergency room care, but a new survey of emergency room doctors indicates that this will be difficult to
achieve.
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West Virginia University Hospitals-East unveils emergency department
Medical Construction & Design
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Officials at West Virginia University Hospitals-East's City Hospital and the Martinsburg Berkeley County Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to showcase a new 17,000-square-foot addition to the hospital's emergency department. This marks the completion of phase one of City Hospital's $13-million emergency department expansion and renovation project.
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Clearing the record on Center for Comprehensive Care
The Villager
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Since North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System unveiled its plans to return health care to Greenwich Village with our Comprehensive Care Center, some have made wild claims about what this
center will or won't be in order to further their own causes or personal agendas.
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New emergency department complete in St. Charles, Mo.
Suburban Journals
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The new $8.4 million Emergency Department (ED) and Trauma Center at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles is complete, making it the largest ED in St. Charles County, totaling more than 20,000 square feet. St. Joseph Health Center also offers the only Level II Trauma Center in the county.
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Jackson Hospital in Alabama posts ED wait times on website
WNCF-TV
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This new feature allows the public to view the approximate wait time once the patient goes through the registration process. "I feel it is very important that Jackson Hospital be friendly and transparent in our emergency department operations," says CEO Don Henderson. "Updating the 'time to emergency medical provider' in real-time on our website gives area residents another tool to evaluate our performance, and to help
them make the best choice when they need emergency care."
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WMH gets $22 million in USDA loans
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
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The Chippewa County Board of Commissioners in Michigan approved a new lease agreement with Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital, Inc., paving the way for USDA loans. The measure passed 5-1 with Commissioner Don Cooper providing the lone opposition during Friday's special session.
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