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The Joint Commission (TJC) is in the process of developing new tools, solutions, and performance measures aimed at improving the processes used to transition patients from one health care setting to another.
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You know there is a problem when the average wait time to see a provider is in the four-to-five-hour range, and 3% to 7% of incoming patients are routinely leaving the ED without being seen (LWBS).
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While nurses have always had a presence in the emergency department (ED), the increasing prevalence and utilization of physician assistants (PAs) in EDs across the nation is generating a new and unique liability for emergency physicians (EPs). This article will familiarize the reader with pertinent legal concepts and recent cases that enlighten the issue of liability for ancillary staff in the ED.
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Was a patient with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) placed in your ED's fast track because he was mistakenly thought to have bronchitis?
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Is it a matter of public record that your ED scored in the lowest percentile in the state for meeting recommended timeframes for administering antibiotics?
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Your ED patient has the right to receive a medical screening examination and a thorough evaluation, but he or she does not have a legal right to obtain specific pain medications, according to Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH, professor and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
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Sometimes home-grown solutions are the best ones. And if you happen to have an emergency medicine physician in your midst who is also a computer engineer, the pathway between a new idea and implementation can be especially short.
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More than 900 hospitals have been certified as Primary Stroke Centers since The Joint Commission (TJC) and the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) introduced the Primary Stroke Center certification program back in 2003.
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One of the problems associated with the boarding of admitted patients in the ED is that the practice inevitably leads to increased diversion when the ED's capacity to care for new patients is diminished.
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Emergency department administrators are well aware that crowding in the ED is associated with poorer patient outcomes, longer hospital stays, and decreased patient satisfaction.