ED Management – July 1, 2019
July 1, 2019
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Pilot Program in Pennsylvania Prompts EDs to Invest in Care Coordination
A more pronounced focus on care coordination is taking shape in the EDs at a cadre of rural hospitals that are participating in Pennsylvania’s new global budgeting pilot. The pilot is designed to provide a more secure revenue stream to hospitals that have been operating at a loss or with very small operating margins. However, it also signals a strong shift away from the traditional focus on volume toward value-based care and population health.
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As Cannabis Use Proliferates, Investigators Probe What Brings Patients to the ED With Adverse Drug Events
Investigators are beginning to unearth important findings from a rich data set regarding cannabis-related ED visits at a large, academic medical center in Colorado. As states move to legalize recreational and/or medicinal cannabis use, the information is important to helping frontline providers understand how to recognize and treat such patients.
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EDs, Community Partners Play Central Role in Slashing HIV Diagnoses in San Francisco
Emergency providers have played a strong role in helping San Francisco drastically reduce the number of new HIV infections as part of the city’s Getting to Zero initiative. In particular, the ED at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH) has identified 10% of all new HIV infections in the city. Working in partnership with Ward 86, the nation’s first HIV clinic, these patients and their partners have been connected to care quickly, greatly diminishing subsequent transmissions. It is a model that has been duplicated across the city to great effect.
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Trump Administration Outlines Steps Aimed at Eliminating HIV Epidemic
CDC Director: “This is going to be a whole-of-society initiative. We have an unprecedented opportunity to end the HIV epidemic in America, and that is why the time to act is now.”
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As Measles Cases Mount, Frontline Providers Urged to Remain Vigilant
As of late May, 940 measles cases had been confirmed in 2019, the most cases reported in the United States in 25 years.