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The final rule on hospital outpatient payment services for 2005 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has some good news for ED managers: Requirements for reporting diagnostics tests have become less burdensome.
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Common wisdom may say that the nations EDs are being filled up with the uninsured, but a new study on EDs asserts that more than 80% of patients seen in EDs have health insurance and a usual source of health care such as a primary care physician.
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In our November issue, EDM featured strategies and methods employed at Grady Hospital in Atlanta and University Hospital in San Antonio, which made their programs successful. We continue our series with this article.
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Provide surgical masks to all patients with symptoms of a respiratory illness. Provide instructions on the proper use and disposal of masks.
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If the flu vaccine shortage leads to a significant surge in flu patients, maintaining optimal staff health will be critical to providing adequate care for those patients, observers agree.
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With the flu season upon us and only half the normal supply of vaccine available, ED managers are preparing and bracing for a greater influx of flu patients this year.
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Brain natriuretic peptide (bnp), also called b-type natriuretic peptide, is mainly secreted by the cardiac ventricles during increased ventricular wall stress. BNP plasma concentration provides important information on the prognosis in patients with heart failure, myocardial infarction, and acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation.
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The Infection Risk of Acid-Suppressing Drugs; Is Rosuvastatin As Safe As Other Statins?; Which Estrogen Preparation is the Safest?; FDA Actions.
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This multicenter prospective observational study reveals that transfusion practice in the critically ill has not changed in the past decade. 44% of ICU patients receive transfusions, and transfusions continue to be associated with worse clinical outcomes.
