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Tackling Disrespectful, Unprofessional Provider Behaviors
A systematic approach requires careful planning, the ability to track and measure outcomes, and high-level support.
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Advance Care Planning With and Without an Annual Wellness Visit
If performed and documented appropriately, advance care planning can now be billed by the emergency provider in addition to an evaluation and management level.
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New Tool Improves Processes, Streamlines Operations
A one-page aid facilitates shared decision-making, improves patient knowledge, and leads to more efficient use of resources in low-risk chest pain patients.
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Targeting Common Pain Syndromes With Non-Opioid Alternatives
It takes a hospital to prevent acute pain from becoming chronic.
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Acute Ischemic Stroke: Focus on Reperfusion
Time is brain. Neural tissue’s exquisite sensitivity to ischemia indicates the emergency nature of acute stroke care. The faster that definitive stroke treatment is administered following the onset of ischemia, the better the outcomes.
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Are Nighttime Extubations in the ICU Safe?
Compared to daytime extubations, ICU patients who undergo planned extubation at night do not experience higher likelihood of reintubation, increased length of stay, or increased mortality.
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Head-elevated Positioning May Decrease Complications of Emergent Tracheal Intubation
In emergent intubations, a position in which the angle of the back was > 30 degrees above the horizontal (head-elevated) position was associated with fewer complications than intubations performed in the supine position, but the study has several limitations.
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ICU Capacity Strain
ICUs are faced with the challenge of continuing care delivery under conditions of increasing strain that's tough to get a handle on.
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How Does a Plaintiff Attorney Make Case Against Supervising EP?
The changing landscape of healthcare delivery leads to more suits against physician assistants and nurse practitioners.
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Who’s Responsible if Orders Are Written for ‘Boarded’ Patient?
The responsibility must be “abundantly clear.”