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The exclusive 2005 Healthcare Risk Management Salary Survey was sent to 1,173 readers in the July 2005 issue. A total of 161 were returned, for a response rate of 14%. The results were tabulated and analyzed by American Health Consultants, publisher of HRM.
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A recent Illinois case of a patient dying in an ED waiting room after being seen briefly at triage underscores the increased pressures emergency nurses are facing, due to long wait times and overcrowded EDs.
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f you don't reassess a patient's pain levels periodically and document this reassessment, you're not in compliance with requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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Only 60.4% of pediatric patient guardians followed up with ED discharge instructions to see a physician, says a new study.
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At Swedish Medical Center's ED in Seattle, WA, all clinical staff wear locator badges [manufactured by Versus, based in Traverse City, MI] that identify where specific individuals are located, both via a light above the patient rooms and on a tracking view of a computer.
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The 49-year-old woman reported classic heart attack symptoms -- chest pain, shortness of breath, and nausea -- to nurses at an Illinois ED.
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Only 43%-64% of adult ED pneumonia patients in two Pennsylvania EDs got antibiotics within four hours as recommended by current guidelines, says a new study.
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A patient comes to your ED with a severe asthma attack holding an empty inhaler, and he says he ran out of medication weeks ago.
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In one year, the emergency department's contribution to major mislabeling events at Boston Medical Center was reduced from 47% (23/49) to 14% (4/29) thanks to a proactive quality improvement program.
