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Most patients who visit emergency departments (EDs) arent there for emergencies, according to a new report by the Evanston, IL-based health care information company Solucient.
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San Francisco General Hospital's smallpox survey for ED personnel.
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Question: What standard is most frequently cited for improvement during hospital surveys?
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, individuals who have any of the following conditions, or live with someone who does, should NOT get the smallpox vaccine unless they have been exposed to the smallpox virus.
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With the smallpox vaccination program, your emergency departments (ED) operations will be affected dramatically. ED managers are scrambling to be sure that staff are fully informed, while figuring out how to avoid scheduling nightmares.
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In addition to fielding questions from prospective emergency department (ED) nurses about schedules and benefits, you soon may be asked Is your facility recognized by the Magnet Nursing Recognition Program?
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If you were asked to list a reason why nurses choose to leave their workplace, benefits, salary, or work schedule probably would come to mind. However, a recent study reveals another reason that you might not initially suspect: conflict with physicians.
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Question: For our psychiatric transfers, the receiving facility generally accepts the patients via an authorizing staff person. Does a physician at our facility have to speak with a physician at the receiving facility?
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Meningitis is the most frequently missed diagnosis among sentinel events arising from delays in treatment in the emergency department (ED), according to a 2002 report from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, and ED managers can expect surveyors to ask about strategies for handling the potentially fatal disease.
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Your hospital successfully earned accreditation a year ago. But how ready would you be today if a team from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations walked into your emergency department (ED) as part of a random, unannounced survey?
