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Bentley PN, Wilson AG, Derwin ME, et al. Reliability of assigning correct current procedural terminology-4 E/M codes. Ann Emerg Med 2002; 40:269-274.
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If you fail to implement effective systems to prevent pediatric medication errors, there can be liability risks for you and your facility.
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Now that the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has announced its 2003 National Patient Safety Goals, what are you doing to comply? Technology could be a crucial part of your strategy.
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What is your No. 1 obstacle to reducing delays and improving patient flow? For many ED managers, the culprit increasingly is inpatients being held in the ED for hours or even days.
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Question: Some of our physicians insist on sending their patients to our ED for injections to treat ongoing medical conditions. One patient was scheduled for magnetic resonance imagine (MRI), but due to back pain, he was unable to lie still for the test. The physician ordered a narcotic injection to be given to assist the patient in getting through the test. Even though the MRI was scheduled and the injection order was included with the MRI order, we in the ED refused to administer the medication without a medical screening examination (MSE). The physician was irate, and the patient left unhappy. Did we do the right thing?
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This article, the second of two parts, deals with the potentially disastrous situation in which either the patients airway presents a substantial challenge or standard intubation methods have failed.
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The largest hypertension trial ever conducted is recommending thiazide diuretics as initial therapy over newer, more costly angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or calcium channel blockers. The researchers do say, however, that most patients will need to be prescribed more than one drug to control their blood pressure.
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After reviewing results of the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT), some physicians predicted that the findings would soon change medical practice in hypertension.
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FDA approves new labels for hormone therapy; USP gives tips to prevent drug errors in children; American Pharmaceutical Association changes name; Consumers still taking risks with OTC painkillers
