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ED Coding Update: The controversy over billing for EKG/rhythm strip interpretations in the ED
Increasing payer scrutiny over diagnostic interpretations and continued belt-tightening at the private payer level has resulted in a resurfacing of the EKG interpretation payment issue for emergency physicians. There is no doubt that the interpretation of diagnostic tests for ED patients is an invaluable service. -
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ED Accreditation Update: Standards governing ED patient flow, patient boarding are strengthened
As demand for emergency care continues its upward climb, The Joint Commission is taking steps to strengthen its accreditation standards pertaining to patient throughput, and it is putting hospital leaders on notice that they will be held accountable for patient flow challenges that occur in the ED. -
ED flow facilitators make throughput center stage, achieve decreases in LWBS, LOS, and door-to-bed times
On any given day, the ED at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO, has two zone captains acting as mini-charge nurses, for the east and west sides of the department. There is also an up-front triage nurse who is the first person most patients see when they walk in the door, and a lobby nurse who regularly rounds through the waiting room, taking vital signs and monitoring patients who have yet to see a provider. -
Contraceptive Technology Update
In the intense focus of late on use of the ED by patients with non-emergent needs, it is perhaps easy to overlook another group of patients that is strongly linked with the ED: patients who are nearing the end of life. -
ED Accreditation Update: Six health care organizations sign on to participate in project aimed at curbing sepsis mortality
Hospitals and EDs across the country continue to struggle with how to most effectively identify and treat patients who present with sepsis or develop the condition sometime after they have been admitted.