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ProHealth Care in Waukesha, WI, is in the process of implementing its "Partnership with Patients Work Plan." Susan M. Kanack, BSN, RN, patient education coordinator, is determining how to make the patient education tools more interactive to fit with the new partnership culture that is being developed.
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Over 20 million people in the United States are diagnosed with diabetes — about 7% of the country's population, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, a service of the National Institutes of Health. More than 20% of people age 60 or older have diabetes.
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The increased use of computed tomography (CT) scans, while revolutionizing diagnostic radiology, also has brought with it a greater risk of radiation and potential cancer cases, according to a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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The ED at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines, IA, has played a central role in the dramatic improvement in hospitalwide compliance with The Joint Commission core measures for community acquired pneumonia (CAP).
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The new ED at Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights, IL, is a bit untraditional: It has no waiting room.
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In the course of less than a year, the ED at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, VA, has reduced its rate of patients who leave without treatment (LWT) from the 8%-9% range to just under 1.5% without adding any new staff or hours.
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On Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2007, a man drove his pickup truck into the exterior wall of the ED at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
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According to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers, ED managers and their staffs are doing a poor job of treating pneumonia and heart attack patients.
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EDs that are using the latest technology in computed tomography (CT) scanning devices are finding numerous benefits in patients with chest pain.