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Caffeine abuse may be an emerging problem among young people, according to research summarized in a poster presented in October at the annual American College of Emergency Medicine Scientific Assembly.
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The next patient you see in your ED may be a "mystery shopper" and you won't even know it.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) final rule for Medicare payment for hospital outpatient services in calendar year 2007 contains several new wrinkles that will benefit EDs, say observers. Among them is a significant boost in ambulatory payment classification (APC) rates.
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At Swedish Medical Center's ED in Seattle, clinical staff wear locator badges (Versus; Traverse City, MI) that identify where specific individuals are located, via a light above the patient rooms and on a tracking view of a computer.
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Significant changes in Congress, statehouses, and state legislatures from the November 2006 midterm elections may lead to a renewed interest in health care reform.
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded "cash and counseling" programs in three states have demonstrated it's possible to save money and increase patients' satisfaction with the care they receive by encouraging and helping patients to manage their own care.
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A poll timed to coincide with the shift in the nation's political winds as Democrats take control of Congress found Americans believe access to health care should be the top domestic priority of the new Congress.
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The North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Commission is funding a $360,000 Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center (RCCHC) three-year program to benefit more than 40,000 residents.
