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…
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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,... -
Emergency Department Inefficiency Drives Poor Quality
Emergency departments face significant challenges in patient management and concomitant increases in regulatory and reporting requirements. Some...
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,…
Emergency Department Inefficiency Drives Poor Quality
Emergency departments face significant challenges in patient management and concomitant increases in regulatory and reporting requirements. Some…
Return ED Visits: Poor Performance or Flawed Metric?
As part of the triple aim, there is a very concerted effort to develop markers of high-quality…
Emergency Department Volume Increase Trend Continues Into 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released its ongoing statistical survey of emergency department…
More Advanced Practice Providers Working in Emergency Departments
The management of patients in the emergency department requires skilled staff members working as a team to…
Diagnostic Testing in the ED Supports Development of New Metrics as Quality Indicators
Emergency departments have appropriately developed a role as the diagnostic and treatment center of excellence (and availability)…
Long-Term Trends in Emergency Department Visits, Patient Care Highlighted in National Reports
Emergency physicians and emergency department leaders face an important time in determining how to serve the needs…
2015 Emergency Department Survey Shows Spike in Volume, Structural Changes, Patient Boarding Concerns
The 2015 Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance (EDBA) Performance Measures survey includes almost 1,200 emergency departments that served…
National Surveys on Emergency Department Trends Bring Future Improvements Into Focus
Emergency physicians and emergency department leaders face an important time in determining how to serve the needs…