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Using swarm intelligence to boost the root cause analysis process and enhance patient safety
The key to the swarming approach is a blame-free environment and rock-solid support from hospital leadership.
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New policy changes regarding observation are boon to emergency medicine
The key lies in understanding how the changes affect coding, billing practices.
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Study: Drug shortages in emergency settings worsen; root causes unknown
Researchers call for thorough investigation into cause and urge aggressive solutions.
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CMS proposes prioritizing patient preferences, linking patients to follow-up care in discharge planning process
Emergency medicine clinicians are concerned that the infrastructure is not yet in place to facilitate successful implementation of proposed rule.
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Cleveland hospitals increase capacity, hire additional staff to help end ambulance diversion
Hospital leaders pledge to make a ban on diversions stick, but some outsiders question whether a voluntary pact will work.
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Commonly Missed Radiographic Findings
The practice of medicine involves judgment, the weighing of possibilities and probabilities. Even more so when interpreting radiographs.
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis
MONOGRAPH: It's characterized by markedly increased circulating ketone bodies leading to ketoacidosis.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.
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Does a Sedation Strategy With or Without Daily Interruption Affect Recall of ICU Stay?
Recall of the ICU stay and the type of sedation strategy did not influence the types of memories reported by critically ill patients.
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IV Crystalloids: Is One Better Than the Other?
The decision of which fluid to use is highly variable and predominantly driven by local practice rather than patient or fluid characteristics.