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Following a comprehensive redesign of its case management department, the average lengths of stay (LOS) on some medical services at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) Medical Centers University Hospital have declined.
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The first year that Christopher Chevalier, BSN, pediatric emergency department (ED) case manager at Jackson Health System in Miami, began referring young asthma patients to the hospitals new asthma center, ED visits for asthma decreased by 22%.
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Before Jackson Health System in Miami had case managers in the emergency department (ED), the average waiting time for patients who needed to be seen for follow-up was six months, and only about 22% of patients showed up for their appointments.
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The emergency physician (EP) and nurse often may encounter patients with the chief complaint of eye pain or visual problems. Generally, the diagnosis easily is obtained and quickly treated. Unfortunately, a subset of patients will present with an illness that threatens permanent vision loss or impairment. EPs must have a broad differential diagnosis and structured approach in evaluating these patients to ensure appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
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Its a call an IRB office dreads getting a patient with a complaint about a study or a researcher, or an anonymous caller alleging problems with a clinical trial.
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The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) is conducting a review of the circumstances leading to a transplant fatality, in which a recipient received a heart-lung transplant from a donor with an incompatible blood type, the network reports.
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According to a recent analysis by the Chicago-based American Medical Association (AMA), 18 states are experiencing a medical liability crisis, with residents unable to get needed medical care because physicians there cannot afford insurance premiums for medical malpractice coverage.
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This article contains an excerpt from the ethics guidelines of the American Medical Association (AMA): E-2.037 Medical Futility in End-of-Life Care.
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