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A simple behavioral health consultation of 15-30 minutes has helped reduce the number of chronic pain patients who use the ED at Providence Newberg Medical Center in Newberg, OR, as their primary source of medical care.
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[Editor's note: In this month's issue, we honor our second "gold star" winner. ED Management gives this award to ED teams that go above and beyond the expected to dramatically improve performance through unique and creative approaches. Would you like to nominate your ED or another facility for a Gold Star? If so, contact Steve Lewis, editor, at
[email protected].]
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The term "over-triage" certainly sounds ominous and wasteful, but as researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine note in their recent paper in The Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, it is anything but simple.
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Is personal protective equipment (PPE) uncomfortable, too hot, poor-fitting or unattractive looking? The reality, very often, is that employees won't wear it.
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When an employee comes to you and tells you his shoulder is bothering him, you can do one of two things. You can either treat the problem and send him on his way, or you can dig deeper.
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When people in financial hardship are worried about being evicted from their homes or don't know where their next meal is coming from, they aren't likely to remember to take their blood pressure medication or check their blood sugar levels on a daily basis.
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Current ACGME standard (2003)
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The problem of fatigued medical residents has gotten the attention of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Training and education of health care workers is an important aspect of preventing transmission of flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers this specific recommendation: