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Best Practices, Investments Needed to Communicate Effectively with LEP Patients
Experts note the emergency setting is ‘a cauldron of difficulties’ when it comes to communicating effectively with limited English proficiency patients.
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Optimal Teams and Performance Feedback Drive Improvements in Processing Measures
To get staff buy-in, ED administrators note personnel should understand the reasoning behind performance initiatives.
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Tragedies Provide Learning Opportunities
With mass-casualty events on the rise, a new emergency medicine-driven task force addresses training, operations, and clinical care.
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The Night Dallas Seemed More Like Afghanistan
On the front lines of the response to another mass shooting, emergency personnel likened the hospital environment to a war zone.
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Magnified Bacteria Powerful Motivator for Hand Hygiene Compliance
Infection prevention specialists report impressive results targeting the intervention to units with lackluster hand hygiene compliance rates.
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Education Creates Welcoming Environment for Transgender Patients
First-in-the-nation “Trans Buddy” program provides support and guidance to transgender patients who are fearful or anxious about interacting with providers.
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Training, Drills Pivotal in Mounting Response to Orlando Shooting
Officials from Orlando Regional Medical Center note their incident command system worked as intended, facilitating a quick mobilization effort.
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ED-based Counseling Sessions Reduce Risky Opioid Use Among Certain Patients
Investigators say focusing on harm reduction rather than ending use of all opiate medications represents a major shift in thinking, making participants more receptive to the intervention.
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Fresh Approach for Critically Ill Patients with Time-sensitive Needs
Developers at the University of Maryland Medical Center say their approach could work well at other large medical centers that serve many critically ill patients.
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Take a Team-based Approach on Elder Abuse
The ED presents a good opportunity to identify and intervene with these victims.