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A growing number of specialists are negotiating hard for payment for taking ED calls. If you're involved in such negotiations, it helps to know what the other "side" is looking for.
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Most ED managers are prepared to respond to a disaster in their communities, but what do you do when your hospital is the disaster? An F3 tornado struck Americus, GA, after 9 p.m. on March 1, 2007, and Sumter Regional Hospital was directly in the path of harm.
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Newly published guidance from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on preparation for the possibly debilitating effects of an influenza pandemic serves as a valuable reminder to ED managers of just how vulnerable their departments could be during such an event.
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Every patient in your ED may receive the same level of care and attention, but that doesn't mean they will all perceive that care and attention with the same level of appreciation, according to a new patient satisfaction survey by South Bend, IN-based Press Ganey Associates.
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Very little else evokes the visceral response of watching someone vomit blood. Emergency physicians deal with bleeding in many arenas, but gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is one type that in the past has offered limited options for treatment in the emergency department.
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Observation units significantly decrease an emergency department (ED) physician's liability risk.
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A growing number of emergency departments (EDs) are allowing family members to be present during resuscitation, as a result of multiple research articles that consistently report that families want to be present and generally have a positive experience.
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A host of medical and legal issues arise when the emergency physician contacts the patient's private physician or the hospital's on-call physician to get a patient admitted to the hospital.
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This checklist reminds us of potential steps or options that should be considered to reduce risks when caring for patients with shortness of breath in the emergency department (ED).
