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Some ED Patients Undergo Unwanted End-of-Life Care
Despite uncertainty, it is possible to provide value-concordant care in the ED. Identify those patients, and initiate decisions based on goals of care, not just by a default reflexive pathway. This could help improve patients’ experiences and outcomes broadly, by targeting the right treatments to the right patients.
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To Understand a Patient’s Housing Status, Ask the Right Questions
Staff at every point of contact should be alert to relevant patient needs, including housing status, food insecurity, and ability to pay. All these go into making medicine human.
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Effectively Intervening with Patients Facing Housing Instability
There is a moral and humanitarian case for healthcare organizations to engage on the housing issue, but there also is a business case.
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Trauma Patients at Risk for Developing Opioid Use Disorder
Better identification and referral of patients with opioid use disorder could enhance the quality and continuity of care these patients receive, while also reducing reliance on EDs and the crowding that ensues.
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EMS-Driven Protocol Delivers a Low-Barrier Pathway to OUD Treatment
What if pre-hospital providers were empowered to both initiate overdose patients onto medication-assisted treatment in the field and also schedule follow-up appointments for ongoing care?
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Concerned About Understaffing, ED Nurse Calls 911 for Help
Although ill-advised, this extreme move underscores healthcare providers' feelings of desperation amid ongoing staffing problems.
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During Patient Surges, Rapid Assessment Zone Reduces Risk for EDs
Using this approach, an ED reported declines in the rate of patients who leave without seeing clinicians, along with shorter median arrival-to-provider and length of stay times.
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Leverage Telemedicine to Speed Care for Lower-Acuity Patients
By leveraging telemedicine technology, the ED at Stanford Hospital established a Virtual Visit Track, a solution that accelerated care for lower-acuity patients and helped staff effectively manage at least some of its pandemic-related challenges. Furthermore, it is an approach that might even be more applicable for health systems that operate multiple EDs.
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Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke
The primary goal of acute stroke care is to salvage as much brain tissue as possible by identifying patients likely to benefit from IV thrombolysis and/or endovascular thrombectomy and delivering treatment safely and promptly.
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Federal Council Aims to Cut U.S. Homeless Rate by 25% by 2025
This is part of a long-term plan to end homelessness.