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Institute a Thorough Process to Manage Payer Audits
Time has proven that constant interaction with payers on these issues results in improved payment, greater communication, and a better understanding of issues.
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Team-based Pod System Reduces Lengths of Stay for Treat-and-Release Patients
Administrators note an expanded role for clinicians assigned to treat lower-acuity patients and a revamped pediatric area have contributed to improved flow and rising patient satisfaction.
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Assessing Risk for Future Firearms Violence in Young People Who Present to ED
A new 10-point scale offers potential intervention methods for patients most in need of prevention services.
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Palliative Care Occupies Growing Presence in ED
Experts note that identifying palliative care options is the first step toward making such services accessible to ED patients.
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Evaluation and Management of Abscesses in the Emergency Department
This article reviews the current management options for simple cutaneous abscesses in patients, including review of the epidemiology, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, and changing practice of wound cultures and antibiotic therapy.
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Management of the Violent Patient in the Emergency Department
Violent patients in the emergency department present a complex problem for care providers. This article will help us to predict violence and provide some guidelines for the management.
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Traumatic Amputations
Traumatic amputations can be extremely debilitating injuries that have long-term functional and psychological outcomes. The authors review traumatic amputations, diagnostic evaluation, and management.
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Pediatric Syncope: Current Status of Diagnostic Evaluation and Management
Children may present to the emergency department with a potential syncopal event. Although the presentation is unusual, everyone fears missing a cardiac issue. The authors present a concise review, focusing on the history, physical exam, and ECG, of how to evaluate and manage a child with syncope, differentiating other mimics and discussing the current therapeutic approach to the most common diagnosis.
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Is Exposure to Arterial Hyperoxia During Critical Illness Dangerous?
Exposure to severe hyperoxia during critical illness is associated positively with increased ICU and hospital mortality and associated negatively with ventilator-free days.
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Risk Factors for Hospital Readmissions Ending in Death or Transition to Hospice
This study highlights factors that are associated with an increased risk of hospital readmission within 30 days and adds to the growing body of literature on healthcare use after a hospitalization for sepsis.