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Good ED managers are adept at identifying problems in their department and coming up with innovative solutions, but how many of those solutions involve a title and position change for the managers themselves?
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A proactive communications effort, before and after the creating of the new ED patient representative position at St. Mary's Hospital in Tucson, AZ, has helped smooth the transition for ED staff, patients, and families, says Cassandra Pundt, RN, CEN. Pundt had been the ED nurse manager for 10 years when she created and filled the new position.
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The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) in Laurel, MD, and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in Irving, TX, have jointly published the Guideline for the Performance of the FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) Examination.
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The Joint Commission has added an initial set of seven hospital outpatient measures to its current complement of core measure sets that may be used to satisfy ORYX performance measurement requirements.
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Since the implementation of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) dealing with medication reconciliation in 2005, The Joint Commission has received a steady stream of feedback from the medical community. Emergency medicine experts and organizations, in particular, have complained that the goals were unclear and made compliance difficult.
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Greenville (SC) Hospital System University Medical Center has been able to achieve a return on investment (ROI) of more than $6 million in two years by using technology to more efficiently capture charges.
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EDs that are using the latest technology in computed tomography (CT) scanning devices are finding numerous benefits in patients with chest pain.
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According to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers, ED managers and their staffs are doing a poor job of treating pneumonia and heart attack patients.
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On Wednesday evening, Oct. 24, 2007, a man drove his pickup truck into the exterior wall of the ED at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon.
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In the course of less than a year, the ED at Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, VA, has reduced its rate of patients who leave without treatment (LWT) from the 8%-9% range to just under 1.5% without adding any new staff or hours.
