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In this study, fecal incontinence therapies, including standard care (advice), sphincter exercises, and computer-assisted biofeedback, all led to substantial improvements in continence, quality of life, psychological well being, and sphincter function with no evidence of superiority for biofeedback.
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Blood pressure reduction in the first 24 hours of stroke onset is independently associated with poor outcome after 3 months.
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This is the first of a three-part series addressing the top five issues that lead to malpractice claims in the emergency department and how you can address them. In this issue, ED Management examines how the ED is at especially high risk and how you can reduce lawsuits.
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With this years flu season shaping up to be the worst in years, encouraging your own staff to get vaccinated is one of the best things you can do to prepare for the onslaught.
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An ED in Lebanon, NJ, has been cross-training clerical staff to work as technicians for the past 10 years and reports that the system is a major help in reducing the workload for nurses and other staff.
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Anticipating that its surveyors may have as much difficulty as ED managers in interpreting the final Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor
Act (EMTALA) rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a guidance memo that clarified some definitions and outlined three ways in which your EMTALA obligation comes to a halt.
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Chest pain is one of the conditions most likely to lead to a charge of malpractice for two main reasons, says Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, MPH, FACEP, chairman of emergency medicine at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens in Flushing.
