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The Joint Commission has issued an interim action that allows a pharmacist to conduct a retrospective review of medication orders within 48 hours when a pharmacist's prospective review is not performed.
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In terms of preparing your staff to handle a disaster, start by developing a good disaster plan, says Louise Kuhny, RN, MPH, MBA, CIC, associate director of standards interpretation at The Joint Commission, previously known as the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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A Category 3 tornado hits during a four-county disaster exercise that's been planned for two years. Although that scenario seems improbable, that's exactly what happened to hospitals in the Nashville, TN, area last year. The tornado hit the ground for 20 minutes and caused about 35 injuries and seven fatalities.
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A "homegrown" web-based tool called Web Emergency Medicine Analysis and Reporting System (WEBEMARS) has enabled ED managers at the 17 departments administered by Livingston, NJ-based Emergency Medical Associates (EMA) to readily access current data on their unit's performance, gaining valuable insights that have led to significant performance improvement.
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When is an LWOT (left without treatment) rate of 1% not good enough? Apparently, when you are the ED managers at Affinity Medical Center, Massilon, OH, campus. An aggressive new program has further reduced that rate by 37%.
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A recent study has revealed that 28% of 509 emergency physicians (EPs) surveyed were not at all familiar, or only somewhat familiar, with the 2004 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for the Management of Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI).
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This is the first in a two-part series on liability risks posed by patients who present to the ED frequently. This month, we'll cover documentation and clinical care of this patient population.
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Apnea is a frightening event for the parent and a challenging diagnostic evaluation for the emergency department (ED) physician.
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Tuberculosis (TB) is the second most common infectious cause of death in adults worldwide after HIV/AIDS. Approximately one-third of the world's population, or approximately 2 billion people, are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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