ED Management 1999 Index
ED Management 1999 Index
Airway management
Use of teddy bear nebulizers might make ED visits less stressful, FEB:16
Benchmarking
Bring cutting-edge 'MedTeams' concepts to your ED: Novel program eliminates errors, cuts liability risks, MAR:25
Identify best practices to improve patient flow in your ED, FEB:13
What is MedTeams? MAR:30
Billing/compliance
Compliance plan for third-party medical billing companies, JAN:11
ED compliance: Billing processes receive more attention, FEB:20
Should you switch to point-of-service billing? JUN:68
Clinical topics
Are your staff spreading disease to patients? SEP:103
Remembering universal precautions, JUN:67
Computer information systems (also see Y2K)
Computerized system alerts docs to costs, SEP:100
Make sure your ED is apprised of hospitalwide year 2000 concerns, APR:43
New system brings all hospital databases to ED, SEP:104
Software vs. embedded systems, APR:40
System puts information at your fingertips, SEP:105
Conflict resolution
How to identify unmet expectations, DEC:139
Resolve conflicts between ED and other departments, DEC:138
10 ways to cope with conflict, DEC:140
Try these strategies to avoid conflicts, DEC:140
What to do about tension with other departments? DEC:142
What should you do when staff have conflicts? DEC:141
Consultants
Could you respond to these EMTALA scenarios? JUL:83
Educate on-call consultants about EMTALA, JUL:79
Fewer physicians willing to take call, JUL:81
Protect yourself when violations occur, JUL:82
Cost-efficient medicine
Computerized system alerts docs to costs, SEP:100
Do your staff know the cost of pharmaceuticals and lab tests? SEP:97
Patient care, efficiency help you cut costs, MAY:50
Pinching pennies in the ED: Impress administrators with creative solutions, MAY:49
System counters drug companies' sales tactics, SEP:102
Design
Use simulation models: Learn results of changes in advance, JUN:69
Disaster management (also see Y2K)
Address contamination at triage, NOV:126
Bioterrorism readiness plan, NOV:Supplement
ED will be first to notice a biological attack, NOV:127
How would you handle a terrorist act involving weapons of mass destruction? NOV:121
NBC incidents: Know these terms, NOV:123
Stockpile antidotes, NOV:126
Transform your HazMat policy, NOV:124
Treatment of biological agent exposure, NOV:125
Education
Educate on-call consultants about EMTALA, JUL:79
EMTALA
Update on EMTALA and managed care: HCFA issues special advisory bulletin, MAR:33
Educate on-call consultants about EMTALA, JUL:79
Fewer physicians willing to take call, JUL:81
Protect yourself when violations occur, JUL:82
Could you respond to these EMTALA scenarios? JUL:83
EMS
Patient transport codes give paramedics options, MAY:58
Health Care Financing Administration
Documentation guidelines: AMA tips hat to final draft, OCT:115
5 ways the new Medicare rules will change your job, AUG:88
HCFA rules leave nurses out of picture, OCT:112
HCFA's action plan for Y2K, APR:42
Here are ACEP's main concerns about HCFA rules, AUG:91
Here are key revisions to documentation guidelines, OCT:114
Joint Commission, HCFA restraint regs are at odds, OCT:112
New HCFA rules may cut reimbursement up to 15% for outpatient services, AUG:85
Prospective payment: How does it work? AUG:89
Update on EMTALA and managed care: HCFA issues special advisory bulletin, MAR:33
Warning: You may already be out of compliance with restraint regs, OCT:109
What should EDs be worried about? AUG:89
Joint Commission
How would you handle a terrorist act involving weapons of mass destruction? NOV:121
Joint Commission, HCFA restraint regs are at odds, OCT:112
New Oryx program: Get your ED on board, JUN:64
Sentinel event policy facts, JUN:64
Sentinel events subject to review, JUN:64
Update on Joint Commission regs, OCT:113
Update on the JCAHO: Here's what you need to know to prepare for your next survey, JUN:61
Legislation/regulation
ACEP 1999: What's coming 'around the bend,' MAR:35
Compliance plan for third- party medical billing companies, JAN:11
Legislation targets patient rights, AUG:95
Update on access to quality care act of 1999, FEB:24
Managed care
Get an edge by giving MCOs a report card, MAY:54
Evaluating access to emergency care through your health plan — A checklist for consumers, MAY:56
Evaluating access to emergency care through your health plan — Emergency physicians' checklist for evaluating managed care plans, MAY:57
Managed care report card from the perspective of emergency medicine, MAY:55
Update on EMTALA and managed care: HCFA issues special advisory bulletin, MAR:33
Management
A unified organizational structure: ED nurses, physicians working under the same roof, APR:45
Remembering universal precautions, JUN:67
Use protocols to improve communication with patients, APR:44
Use real-time data to reduce delays, JAN:8
Media/public relations
Media quick prep, JAN:7
Meeting the press: Tricks of the trade for giving interviews, JAN:1
Tips for effective television interviews, JAN:6
Use media to confront drug abuse, JAN:6
New technologies
Communicate with bone conduction, MAR:31
Computerized system alerts docs to costs, SEP:100
Digital radiography in emergency medicine, JAN:8
New system brings all hospital databases to ED, SEP:104
Should you switch to template documentation? AUG:92
System puts information at your fingertips, SEP:105
Use of teddy bear nebulizers might make ED visits less stressful, FEB:16
Use simulation models: Learn results of changes in advance, JUN:69
Patient flow
Here's what to measure, DEC:136
Identify best practices to improve patient flow in your ED, FEB:13
Study links delays to bed availability, DEC:136
6 steps for a time study, DEC:134
Time studies identify best interventions to boost patient flow in your ED, DEC:133
Time study provides leverage with administrators, DEC:137
Use real-time data to reduce delays, JAN:8
Patient satisfaction
Use protocols to improve communication with patients, APR:44
Use real-time data to reduce delays, JAN:8
Pediatrics
Use of teddy bear nebulizers might make ED visits less stressful, FEB:16
Reimbursement
5 ways the new Medicare rules will change your job, AUG:88
Here are ACEP's main concerns about HCFA rules, AUG:91
New HCFA rules may cut reimbursement up to 15% for outpatient services, AUG:85
Prospective payment: How does it work? AUG:89
Should you switch to point of service billing? JUN:68
What should EDs be worried about? AUG:89
Restraint
HCFA rules leave nurses out of picture, OCT:112
Joint Commission, HCFA restraint regs are at odds, OCT:112
Update on Joint Commission regs, OCT:113
Warning: You may already be out of compliance with restraint regs, OCT:109
Risk management
Bring cutting-edge 'MedTeams' concepts to your ED: Novel program eliminates errors, cuts liability risks, MAR:25
Hot risk management tips: What you need to know, SEP:107
Is your ED overcrowded? Reduce risks with these aggressive tactics, JUL:73
On-site visits identify ED-specific issues, JUL:77
Protect yourself when violations occur, JUL:82
Proven, error-reducing approaches — Try them in your ED, MAR:29
Reduce risks of patients who leave the ED, JUL:75
Use UCC to address overcrowding in ED, JUL:76
What is MedTeams? MAR:30
Service lines
Use UCC to address overcrowding in ED, JUL:76
Staff issues (also see unions)
A unified organizational structure: ED nurses, physicians working under the same roof, APR:45
Checklists: Important tools for a complete orientation, FEB:18
Orientation of new physicians helps ensure smooth transition, FEB:17
What should you do when staff have conflicts? DEC:141
Training
Checklists: Important tools for a complete orientation, FEB:18
Orientation of new physicians helps ensure smooth transition, FEB:17
Unions
ED docs may gain more access to financial info, OCT:119
ED docs may unionize — Here are pros and cons, OCT:117
Would a union increase clout with managed care? OCT:118
Y2K
Are you ready for Y2K? Here's what you need to know, APR:37
HCFA's action plan for Y2K, APR:42
Make sure your ED is apprised of hospital-wide year 2000 concerns, APR:43
Sample provider Y2K readiness checklist, APR:39
Software vs. embedded systems, APR:40
Three-level plan for Y2K helps break problem down into 'critical subsystems,' APR:41
Useful, Web-based paper- based resources for Y2K, APR:43
What can a health care provider do to avoid potential Y2K pitfalls? APR:41
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