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The ED at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA, had to be moved to another floor on July 13, as flood waters filled the hospital's lower levels. Despite having to uproot patients and equipment, the ED remained in constant contact with internal and external resources due to the presence of redundant communications options.
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As the effective response of the ED at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, IA, to the recent floods demonstrates, the extra dollars required to invest in top-notch communications systems are well worth it, according to Rich Head, director of information services.
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Systemic corticosteroids are immunosuppressive and associated with serious long-term side effects. Primarily for these reasons, clinicians have long avoided their use in patients with known infections.
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The Institute of Medicine has called for a patient centered model of care in which patients and families are kept informed about their care. Many ICU patients are unable to communicate and, therefore, family members are called upon for decision-making.
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B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is a neurohormone secreted by the heart whose levels are elevated in acute heart failure and also in left- and right-ventricular dysfunction.
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This study from the University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham reviewed administrative data from all patients admitted with the primary diagnosis of acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or because of acute respiratory failure with a secondary diagnosis of COPD exacerbation.
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ED managers have the opportunity to increase reimbursements under the proposed 2009 rule for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), but they also will come under greater scrutiny by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the quality of their care.
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When an Aero Med helicopter crashed and burst into flames on the roof of an 11-story tower at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital in downtown Grand Rapids, MI, on May 29, 2008, during a training run, the ED team swung immediately into action to get to the two victims and prepare the department to receive them.
