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EMR use in the ED: Scant data connect EMRs with positive outcomes, but experts advise managers, providers to consider long-term benefits
Few would take issue with the notion that there is vast potential for electronic medical records (EMRs) to improve emergency care and boost efficiency. -
ED Coding Update: Documentation traps in the world of EMRs
So you implemented an EMR product that's supposed to give you everything you need to document your services to Medicare standards. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full February 13, 2012 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format
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Special Feature: Update on Hemodynamic Monitoring in 2012
Hemodynamic monitoring is an essential part of caring for critically ill patients. Critical care providers are regularly faced with the challenge of determining whether a patient is adequately volume resuscitated, and hemodynamic assessments are often the first step in making a proper diagnosis so that other life-saving therapies can be promptly implemented. -
Pharmacology Watch: Rivaroxaban Now Approved for Stroke Prevention
In this issue: New indication for rivaroxaban; new study on warfarin testing; medications causing adverse drug events; niacin as an add-on therapy; and FDA actions. -
Abstract & Commentary: Does the Use of Protocols in the ICU Interfere with Learning?
Prasad and associates conducted a retrospective cohort study of associations between internal medicine trainee exposure to mechanical ventilation protocols and their performance on questions related to this topic on the critical care board-certifying examination. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
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Abstract & Commentary: Insurance Status and ICU Outcomes
Lyon and colleagues performed a retrospective cohort study of the relationship between insurance status and 30-day mortality, as well as the use of five common ICU procedures, among 138,720 adult patients admitted to ICUs in Pennsylvania in fiscal years 2005 and 2006. -
Assessment and Management of Migraine Headaches in the Emergency Department
Treating pain in the ED is relatively straightforward if the cause is obvious like a broken leg or acute myocardial infarction for which there is clear evidence for the diagnosis. Treating pain is somewhat more problematic when there is no diagnostic test. So it is with headaches, especially the severe migraine types. -
Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 2, 2012 Issue in Streaming Audio/Downloadable MP3 Format