ED Management – January 1, 2011
January 1, 2011
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Are family physicians the answer to ED doctor shortage, or 'blasphemy'?
The debate has been simmering for a while, but it came to a boil recently when the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) threw down the gauntlet with its recent position paper, -
Alert addresses patient suicides
When the situation warrants it, The Joint Commission will re-visit a topic that it previously has covered in a Sentinel Event Alert to look at it from a different point of view. -
Gold Star Award: ED targets end-of-life patients
[Editor's note: ED Management awards the "Gold Star" to ED teams that go above and beyond the expected to dramatically improve performance through unique and creative approaches. To nominate your ED or another one for a Gold Star, contact Joy Daughtery Dickinson, senior managing editor, at [email protected].] -
Elderly women get unnecessary UCs
A study conducted in the ED at St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Grosse Pointe, MI, has found that ED staff placed unnecessary urinary catheters (UCs) in nearly half of women 80 or older. The study was published in the November 2010 issue of the American Journal of Infection Control. -
Patient Flow Solutions: 'No-wait' ED a five-year success
A true test of the success of a process improvement initiative is whether the results can be sustained, and the ED at Hudson Valley Hospital Center in Cortlandt Manor, NY, has just celebrated the fifth anniversary of its "no wait" process. Most patients skip the waiting room entirely and go right to registration, and then to triage. -
Patient Flow Solutions: Improved flow aids patient safety
If there are any doubts that improving patient flow also enhances patient safety, the recent experience of the ED at Enumclaw (WA) Regional Hospital should dispel them. -
2010 Salary Survey Salary 'logjam' breaks, compensation improves although economy does not
Something had to give. After several years of stagnation or even decline in compensation for ED managers, salaries have begun to improve, according to the 2010 ED Management Salary Survey.