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Patients more likely to engage in treatment at 30 days when given buprenorphine in the ED, referred for follow-up
Emergency providers hesitant to take on treatment for addiction, citing complexity, lack of resources.
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Simplified approach for delivering medicine to patients with severe pain shows promise
Experts agree direct patient input is superior to relying on numbered pain scales.
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The next big challenge for EPs: The transition to ICD-10-CM coding system
Changing definitions, requirements for much more specificity may create workflow, reimbursement challenges.
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Kidney stone patients often require return visits; researchers target access, care quality issues
New data suggest that as many as one in nine patients with kidney stones will return for a second emergency visit.
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Ease crowding by adjusting physician schedules, adding a second rounding team
A new study highlights how schedule changes among inpatient providers on the upper floors can impact crowding and boarding in the ED.
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Reforming emergency care: Experts put focus on value, better alignment
While most healthcare reforms have thus far been focused outside of the ED, they nonetheless have big implications for emergency providers, according to a panel of experts who discussed the future of emergency care at a conference sponsored by the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
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TJC: HCOs need to be on alert for HIT problems related to sociotechnical factors, take steps to improve safety culture, process, and leadership
It’s no secret that for all of the efficiencies that health information technology (HIT) brings to the table, there are also immense challenges that go along with safely using tools that, in many cases, alter workflow, documentation, and the way providers interact with patients. Of particular concern is the potential for patient harm that can result when systems are poorly designed or implemented, raising the possibility that information will be miscommunicated or entered incorrectly.
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Clean up coding practices to maximize revenue, minimize compliance issues, and be optimally prepared for ICD-10
ICD-10 implementation is priority No.1 for nearly every hospital.
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Study: Emergency providers often lack consensus on what patients intend when end-of-life forms come into play
A new study suggests there is a lack of consensus or understanding about what patients intend when they fill out Physicians Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment forms, and that this likely leads to patients either receiving or not receiving treatment contrary to their wishes.
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ED-based interventions to break cycle among patients presenting with violence-related injuries
Emergency providers have so much to do it is hard to justify adding one more task to their already full plates. However, when the right resources are in place, there is increasing evidence that EDs can play a pivotal role in preventing victims of violence from becoming enmeshed in a cycle that brings them or associates back to the ED with similar injuries again and again.