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Average ED Registration Cut From Hours to Minutes
Facility changed model so registrations are completed based on the order patients present.
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Pre-Encounter Calls Put Registration Times Under Two Minutes
Patient access leaders share some other approaches for reducing registration wait times.
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Stop Registration Delays With ‘One-call’ System
Process puts stop to time-consuming calls.
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‘Narrow’ Payer Networks Put Patient Access in Difficult Spot
Payers ‘are really cracking down.’
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Stridor in the Infant and Young Child
Stridor is a high-pitched, monophonic sound caused by turbulent air flow through a narrowed airway, and is a common symptom among young children presenting to the emergency department.
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Congress Tackles Surgical Reimbursement Discrepancies
Proposed legislation addresses inequities between rates for ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient surgical departments.
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FDA Actions
In this section: The agency approves exciting new treatment for multiple sclerosis, green lights an injection for atopic dermatitis, gives the go ahead to an add-on treatment for Parkinson's disease, and signs off on a drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Vitamin D and Cancer Rates in Postmenopausal Women
Investigators determined vitamin D plus calcium did not reduce cancer rates significantly, but more research is needed.
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Sciatica Drug Demonstrates Little Efficacy
The authors of a recent study concluded that treatment with pregabalin did not reduce the intensity of leg pain associated with sciatica significantly nor did it improve other outcomes significantly.
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Study Shows Risks of Discontinuing Therapy in Venous Thromboembolism Patients
Patients with venous thromboembolism, which includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, are at risk for recurrence after discontinuing therapy, even if the event was unprovoked.