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One indication that senior-focused emergency care settings are catching on: For the first time, geriatric EDs have appeared on the Plymouth Meeting, PA-based Emergency Care Research Institutes (ECRI) Top 10 Hospital C-Suite Watch List, an annual list of new technologies and health system developments that providers and policy makers should think carefully about, according to ECRI.
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A cadre of prominent medical groups, including the ACEP, ENA, AGS, and SAEM, has unveiled a comprehensive set of Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines to aid hospitals that are either in the process of opening senior-focused EDs or revamping their policies and procedures to better meet the needs of an aging population. The guidelines offer recommendations related to staffing, infrastructure, education, and transition-of-care strategies. In addition, they outline a host of screenings that studies have shown are beneficial for older adults.
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While an increasing number of hospital systems are creating senior-friendly EDs, one new study suggests that many of the tenets of geriatric medicine are also applicable to the care of patients with complex health problems, especially with respect to care transitions.
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There is no question that information technology (IT) offers many advantages to health care, but it has also introduced complications.
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New research suggests that as many as one in every three patients with a bloodstream infection is given therapy that is not appropriate.
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When a crisis occurs, such as the recent case of a 13-year-old being declared brain dead after an adenotonsillectomy, a medical facility must be careful in how it responds to avoid a negative public response as well as liability.
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Although the rates of serious surgical site infections (SSIs) following outpatient surgery are low, the number of patients who develop these serious infections is substantial and warrants continued quality improvement efforts because outpatient surgery is so common, according to a new study.
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After a nurse-driven preoperative screening and assessment for reducing day-of-surgery (DOS) cancellations and other protocols were implemented in northeast Pennsylvania ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), no-show cancellation rates were 120% higher in patients who did not have the preop screening and assessment done.
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There are two key ways to reduce the risk for a malpractice claim: documentation and clear communication, says Carmen Lester, RN, JD, CPHRM, co-owner of Yin Yang Medical Services.
