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Best Practices, Investments Needed to Communicate Effectively with LEP Patients
Experts note the emergency setting is ‘a cauldron of difficulties’ when it comes to communicating effectively with limited English proficiency patients.
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Optimal Teams and Performance Feedback Drive Improvements in Processing Measures
To get staff buy-in, ED administrators note personnel should understand the reasoning behind performance initiatives.
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Tragedies Provide Learning Opportunities
With mass-casualty events on the rise, a new emergency medicine-driven task force addresses training, operations, and clinical care.
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The Night Dallas Seemed More Like Afghanistan
On the front lines of the response to another mass shooting, emergency personnel likened the hospital environment to a war zone.
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CMS Corrects New Fire Safety Requirements
CMS has published a correction to its recently updated fire safety standards for hospitals, according to the American Hospital Association. -
Falls May Be a Strong Indicator of Baseline Health
In a study of 15,000 adults undergoing elective surgery, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that falling up to six months before an operation is common and often causes serious injuries across all age groups. The frequency of falls among middle-aged patients was slightly higher than among those who were age 65 or older
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Pediatric Groups Update Sedation Clinical Guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics, with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, has issued updated clinical guidelines for delivering safe sedation to pediatric patients before, during, and after diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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Amid Protests from Hospitals, CMS Releases Overall Star Ratings
CMS has launched its new overall quality star ratings for Medicare hospitals, which is raising the ire of hospitals and medical associations that have pushed the agency to block, or at least revise, the rating system.
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Zika Transmitted by Needlestick to Lab Worker
The question of whether Zika virus can be transmitted via needlestick is no longer hypothetical.
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FDA Clears New Treatment for Low Back Pain
A minimally invasive nerve-ablating procedure, recently cleared by the FDA, may give some people with chronic low back pain a new treatment option.