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Emergency Department Observation Units
Hospitals and EDs are challenged with overcrowding, overutilization, escalating healthcare costs, and avoidable admissions. As a result, observation units have grown in numbers.
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Case Managers: Improve Outcomes at Critical Access Hospitals
“Attain Optimal Case Management Outcomes in Critical Access Hospitals” is designed to increase knowledge about case management.
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Blast Injuries
Explosions occur in a variety of settings and have multiple causes. All emergency healthcare providers need to be aware of and prepared for blast injury patterns and the hazards that can be associated with blast incidents.
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Pfizer Nixes Allergan Merger
Companies call off plan after Obama administration closes tax loophole.
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Doctors Support Curbing Carbon Emissions
High-profile medical groups back Obama’s play on climate change.
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Hospital Consult - April 2016
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Fresh policies and procedures, transparency fuel ED turnaround
Team building and educational outreach efforts help win staff over to push for improvement at an Arizona hospital.
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Massachusetts hospitals try to stem overdose deaths
Hospitals in Massachusetts have implemented a plan that instructs emergency providers to develop an approach to screen for substance abuse, provide brief intervention, and arrange appropriate referrals for patients who have an active substance use disorder or are at risk for developing such a problem.
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New opioid prescribing guidelines favor non-opioid alternatives
Citing a quadrupling of opioid prescriptions in recent years, the guidelines nudge providers to do more to combat the epidemic of overdose deaths.
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Sounding the Alarm About Suicide Risk
The Joint Commission urges universal screening and increased efforts to link at-risk patients to appropriate care.