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The bad news: Nearly three-quarters of ED physicians may experience depression at some point in their careers, and nearly half consider harming themselves. The worse news: Nearly half of those with such problems do not seek treatment.
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While patient simulators can clearly be used to assess the performance of ED staff in pediatric trauma cases, they also can be used to improve their performance in these cases. Thats what the ED at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center has been doing since May 2002.
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While developing and maintaining effective infection control procedures involves a large range of issues in the ED, many of them fall within two major areas: quality control and equipment/facilities.
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A new, separate area for psych patients within the ED has helped Forsyth Medical Center in Greensboro, NC, cut its average throughput time by 9% from 201 minutes to 189 minutes for all patients, according to departments manager.
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A study conducted by investigators from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs Healthcare System showed that more intense implementation strategies for care of pneumonia patients than typically found in most EDs safely increased the proportion of low-risk patients who were successfully treated as outpatients.
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If youre in the market for a CPOE, its important to play with a number of systems before making your choice to determine which is most user friendly and which is the best fit for your ED, advises Brian F. Keaton, MD, FACEP, attending physician/emergency medicine informatics director at Summa Health System, Akron, OH, and president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).
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This warning jumps off the page from the first-ever National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine, just released by the Dallas-based American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). The report covered all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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To prepare for the new unannounced survey process, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is offering several new resources on its web site. Those resources include a computerized graphic presentation, questions and answers, and a video presentation.
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To meet the National Patient Safety Goal to reconcile medications across the continuum of care, one ED is finding success with a medication reconciliation form that it developed.
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Beginning this year, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization has added an emergency management committee meeting and a disaster tracer.