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If the final outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) rule on hospital outpatient payment services for 2006 is any indication, the coming year will be an extremely tight one economically for the nations EDs.
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A team of Canadian researchers has developed the Vancouver Chest Pain Rule, that they say may be used to identify and safely discharge emergency patients with chest pain from the emergency department, following evaluation.
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The avian influenza A (H5N1) virus, more commonly known as bird flu, is capturing headlines around the world. President Bush has even announced a plan to prepare the United States for a possible pandemic.
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In the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a report, titled Development of Models for Emergency Preparedness, to help field- and facility-based health care professionals plan for and respond to bioterrorism events or public health emergencies.
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The following are examples of results achieved by several clients of California Emergency Physicians/ MedAmerica (CEP/MedAmerica), a Laguna Hills, CA-based emergency physician management company, who use the Rapid Medical Evaluation (RME) process.
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For an ED to succeed with a system such as the rapid medical evaluation (RME) process adapted by many ED clients of California Emergency Physicians/ MedAmerica (CEP/MedAmerica), a Laguna Hills, CA-based emergency physician management company, the manager must overcome several challenges, says Diana S. Contino, RN, MBA, a consultant for CEP.
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A male physician has a well-known habit of using vulgar language and continually berating the nursing staff who all happen to be female. This behavior exposes your ED not only to high vacancy rates for nursing staff, but also significant liability risks, says Brian A. Lapps Jr., a Nashville, TN-based attorney specializing in employment law.
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Failing to document the medications a patient currently is taking. Nurses mixing IV piggybacks. Storing drugs in concentrated form.
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When a physician asks for additional suture material for wound repair and the nurse realizes there is none left, the doctor explodes in anger.
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Could mistakes made in your ED cause an injured elderly patient to go into fluid overload or become hypothermic? Common errors in nursing practice can be life-threatening for these patients, says Karen Hayes, PhD, ARNP, assistant professor at the School of Nursing at Wichita (KS) State University.