Statistical Trends of Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department
Emergency departments have become overall diagnostic and treatment centers of excellence and availability in the American health…
About James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP, is chair of the National Clinical Governance Board of US Acute Care Solutions in Canton, Ohio; clinical professor of emergency medicine at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio; and vice president of the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance.
Posts by James J. Augustine, MD, FACEP
Pre-COVID ED Trends Suggest More Challenges Lie Ahead
The role of emergency department physicians and leaders has been made dramatically more important due to the…
Help Prevent Coronavirus Spread by Reevaluating ED Flow
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on May 2, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Emergency Department Usage Trends Before COVID-19
The number of patients seen in U.S. emergency departments has been steadily increasing since World War II….
By the Numbers: Mental Health Visits Are Increasing
Of 139 Million U.S. ED visits in 2017 4.8 Million visits had a primary diagnosis of mental…
The 20 Numbers of Emergency Department Management
There is huge value to timely data collection and sharing within an individual emergency department and between…
Latest Data Reveal the ED’s Role as Hospital Admission Gatekeeper
Emergency departments have become the nucleus of the hospitals they serve. Emergency physicians not only provide lifesaving…
The Latest Emergency Department Utilization Numbers Are In
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its statistical survey of emergency department visits for…
New Out-Of-Hospital Care Models Could Affect Your Emergency Dept
“Whoop, whoop, whoop!” The EMS radio alerts the ED staff to an incoming patient. Minutes later arrives…
Identify and Plan for Your Emergency Department’s Particular Patient Mix
One of the critical roles of the emergency department is to provide unscheduled care to all persons,…