ED Management
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EDs Leverage Multiple Techniques to Slash Wait Times, Create Space
Hospitals emphasize the importance of tracking performance, keeping higher-level executives in the loop on key patient flow metrics.
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Easing ED Crowding While Offering Convenience
Several health systems believe that giving patients the ability to link with a provider from any location at any time has the potential not only to positively address the kinds of access problems that drive people to the ED, but also to deliver the type of convenience that healthcare consumers crave.
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Using Telemedicine to Address Crowding in the ED
Early telemedicine pioneers see ED applications evolving as consumers demand greater access and convenience.
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An Alternative View on Regionalized STEMI Care
Expert: “You have to wonder if we have to do something differently than this.”
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Time to Move the Goal Posts on STEMI Care?
Given that most hospitals already meet the door-to-balloon time standard, one expert maintains that it is time to aim for the more aggressive indicator.
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Pushing the Envelope on STEMI Response
Investigators maintain that every minute of treatment delay leads to irreversible heart damage in patients suffering STEMI.
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Warm Handoffs Connect Substance Abuse Patients to Vital Services
A good warm handoff program includes several components, all designed to ensure patients with addiction problems are connected to a treatment plan as soon as their medical emergency has been addressed.
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Guide Patients into Treatment Through Outreach Visits
A community approach leverages law enforcement, medical personnel, and addiction treatment providers, bringing resources to patients and families who are struggling with an addiction problem.
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A Second Look at ED-initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Addiction
Based on new research, administrators at Yale New Haven Hospital have worked to bolster infrastructure in the ED to initiate buprenorphine for patients who present with opiate addictions and are candidates for medication-assisted therapy.
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New Initiative Slashes Opioid Prescriptions, Boosts Community Response
Emergency providers take a leading role in developing pain management guidelines, linking patients to care for underlying issues.