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Addressing Food Insecurity in the ED
Screening ED patients for food insecurity is not particularly difficult or time-consuming, but intervening to address the problem can be complicated by various factors.
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Unmet Social Needs May Be Reason for ED Visit
Many unmet social needs are the true underlying reason for ED visits, although they often go unrecognized at the time of presentation. Without screening for social needs, ED patients may face physical, psychological, and economic consequences.
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Patient Safety Concerns When ED Nurses Have Poor Working Environments
There is growing evidence that physicians and nurses are concerned about the emergency medicine workforce. Almost half (47%) of emergency medicine programs had unfilled positions in the 2023 U.S. Match, according to a recent study. Emergency nurses report significantly higher rates of burnout, job dissatisfaction, and intent to leave the job compared to inpatient nurses, another study found.
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Safety Issues if Patients Use Symptom Checkers
Patients increasingly are using online symptom checkers and artificial intelligence-based platforms for guidance on whether to visit the ED.
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New Service Accelerates Critical Care Expertise to ED Patients
With ICU-level resources often limited, especially in rural areas, investigators with the University of Vermont Health Network based in Burlington implemented a new service designed to expand the reach of critical care expertise across the health system, which includes a tertiary hospital, two community hospitals, and three critical access hospitals.
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Is the Patient Admitted to the ICU But Still in the ED? Handoffs Are a Safety Concern
Many patients are admitted to the intensive care unit but remain in the ED waiting for an inpatient bed. Depending on how long the patient is boarded, emergency physicians may need to hand the patient off at shift change.
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An Update on What Is New During the 2023-2024 Flu Season
As the fall and winter months descend in the Northern Hemisphere, it is time for healthcare providers to focus on preventing and treating the influenza virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates from the current flu season (Oct. 1, 2023, to present) suggest 1 million cases of flu illness and between 5,000 to 12,000 hospitalizations. Healthcare practitioners on the frontline must have current knowledge of prevention and treatment strategies.
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Maximize ED Throughput with a Higher-Level Focus on Bed Traffic Control
Getting patients seen and treated expeditiously is not only a boon in terms of operational efficiency, it also is a big plus for patient safety. Such factors figured prominently when ED leaders at AdventHealth East Orlando decided to create a powerful new nursing position to take charge of what they are calling bed traffic control.
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Evolving Legal Exposure for Supervising EPs
If an ED patient seen by a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant sues for malpractice, the supervising emergency physician is likely to be named as a co-defendant. That is true even if the emergency physician never saw or heard about the patient, according to a recent study.
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ED Malpractice Claims Differ for Attendings, Trainees, NPs, PAs
Emergency medicine is an inherently high-risk specialty regarding malpractice liability because of complex cases and a fast-paced environment. Increasingly, EDs are staffed by advanced practice providers. It is unclear whether this changes liability for EDs and, if so, in what way.