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ED-to-ED Transfers: Optimizing Patient Safety
These 3 case scenarios illustrate some of the issues that arise during ED-to-ED transfers, and opportunities for patient safety improvement.
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The Changing Landscape of Trauma Care, Part 1
In the first of two parts, the authors present the challenges in treating the increasing numbers of older trauma patients, patients on...
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Average cost of Healthcare.gov policy up 105% since 2013
All 39 states that use Healthcare.gov experienced an increase, but the size varied considerably.
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Emergency Care at a Music Festival: A First-Person Report
These emergency physicians describe the collaborative efforts of EMS, hospital planners, and festival staff to create a system to safely treat...
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Activation of the Cardiac Catheterization Lab for STEMI Patients
Our institution lowered door-to-balloon times by empowering EMS to activate the cardiology laboratory prior to arrival at the hospital.
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Public favors Obamacare over Trumpcare
A total of 40% of respondents said they had a “very unfavorable” opinion of the AHCA, compared with 29% for the ACA.
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Medicaid reform: Work-based waivers may not fly
High mandatory premiums, cost sharing, lifetime limits, drug testing move Medicaid from a health care program to a work program, advocates argue...
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Drops, Ointments, Gels, and Patches: The Dangers of Topical Medications
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Resident Match Day 2017: Record number of applicants and matches
The 2017 resident match set records for the number of positions offered and filled, but saw a decline in the number of international medical...
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Who Overdoses on Opioids at a VA Emergency Department?
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Spotlight shifts to active treatment for concussions
Concussion management is on the cusp of dramatic change.