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An infant with a moderate fever dies of septic shock after being left in the waiting room for hours. Could this unthinkable scenario happen at your ED?
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Its a task you may perform several times in a single day, but if you dont take a childs temperature correctly, the results can be devastating.
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Over a two-year period, a 39-year-old woman came to Richmond-based Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Centers ED more than 100 times for treatment of migraines, and each time she insisted that specific narcotics be given, reports Denise Sullivan-Wade, BSN, RN, the EDs case manager.
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President George W. Bush, who says he has political capital from his reelection victory over Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) that he intends to spend, will use some of that capital to push for limits to jury awards in medical malpractice cases.
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A Commonwealth Fund study reports that while community health centers deliver primary health care to much of New York Citys low income population, the design and delivery of health care services at the centers can be made more patient-friendly.
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In the face of a bioterrorism attack or even a major flu outbreak, state, county, and local health departments will be expected to act quickly to bring vaccinations and other medical care to all who need it. Now, those agencies have help coming in the form of RealOpt, a software program created by a Georgia Tech professor.
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The first head-to-head comparison study of an ACE inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker, to assess renoprotective effects in type 2 diabetes, has shown that the drugs are comparable in their benefit.
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Many studies have been done on the need for safety net providers. But until recently, no one had looked at the level of awareness of those providers existence. Research by the Center for Studying Health System Change paints a disturbing picture of how well or not people understand the help they have available, and what capacity problems could develop if they understood better.
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While the Mississippi Hospital Association protests that the idea would be disastrous for its members, attorney Richard Scruggs said a lawsuit settlement being negotiated with North Mississippi Medical Center involving free and reduced medical care could become a national model for the level of service hospitals should provide.
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TALLAHASSEE, FLThe percentage of working people without health insurance in Florida increased over the past five years, mostly because they couldnt afford rising premiums, a new state study has found.
