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Many EDs videotape trauma cases for quality improvement and educational purposes, but some have put a stop to this practice due to concern about lawsuits.
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If a man was discharged from your ED after being treated for injuries resulting from a fistfight, the ED record might state that the patient agreed to go into an anger management program and that he was given a referral to outpatient therapy. But most likely, it would neither document whether the patient had access to a gun nor other factors indicating that the potential for violence was assessed by ED staff.
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The medical record is an essential component of the physician-patient relationship. It is used to document the interaction between patients, physicians, and other medical and non-medical personnel. Without the medical record, it would be impossible to coordinate appropriate, timely, and continuous medical care.
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Challenges with handling physician orders abound at most hospitals: Patients may show up without the order, leading to frustration all around and a wasted appointment time.
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A beautifully designed, state-of-the art facility for imaging services is the centerpiece of a group of previously independent sites now being served by a new radiology call center.
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About 110 uninsured patients a month are being referred from a Tucson, AZ, hospital emergency department to a nearby primary care and specialty center, the result of a collaborative aimed at finding the individuals an ongoing medical home.
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One U.S. health care system is ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a difficult-to-treat strain of bacteria that is a significant cause of hospital-acquired infections.
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Discharge planning for the high-risk "frail senior" population is difficult at best, says Barbara Leach, RNC, MS, CNA, ACM, director of case management, Sacramento/Solo, with the Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region.
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Leveraging the resources of established call centers to serve the public in the event of a health emergency is one of the strategies proposed in a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
