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When you're planning a geriatric ED or looking to transform part of your department into a geriatric wing, there are several design and staffing considerations the ED manager must take into account, advises Robert Fitzgerald, MD, FACEP, an attending physician in the ED at Boswell Hospital in Sun City, AZ.
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The number of patients between the ages of 65 and 74 who visit the nation's EDs annually is likely to double from 6.4 million in 2003 to 11.7 million by 2013, according to a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.1 This growth, the authors warn, could lead to catastrophic overcrowding.
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Every day it seems there is another process change that caregivers are asked to make. These changes may come as the result of an improvement project or root cause analysis or may be needed to meet accreditation standards.
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If a physician at your hospital observed that a colleague's substance abuse was putting patients in danger, would you expect that this information would be reported?
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If Consumer Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports has its way, all hospitals will soon begin publishing their hand-washing compliance rates information that for most organizations, would not be flattering.
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Data were old, inconsistent, and incomplete. The same hospital was rated both best and worst for colon removal.
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During 2006 surveys, about 22% of organizations were found to be out of compliance with The Joint Commission's "do not use" list of abbreviations, a requirement of the National Patient Safety Goals since 2004 one of the most frequent non-compliance findings during surveys. Now a new study underscores that abbreviations pose a significant threat to patient safety.
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IRB offices no longer can use the trial-by-fire method of new board member training.
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Nearly 47 million Americans lack health insurance, leaving them without regular access to health care and making them a potentially vulnerable population in health care research.