ED Management articles from July 2009

ED Management archives from July 2009

Is your ED a medical department or a business? Survey says . . . both.(emergency department)
July 1, 2009... .table { border: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: outset; border-color: #0779BF} Is your ED a medical department or a business? Survey says . . . both Best practice improves more than just the bottom line What are the...

Expanded scribe role boosts staff morale.
July 1, 2009... .table { border: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: outset; border-color: #0779BF} Expanded scribe role boosts staff morale 'Another set of eyes and ears' for ED physicians A growing number of EDs are using physician...

Discharged ED patients boarded.(emergency department)
July 1, 2009... .table { border: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: outset; border-color: #0779BF} Discharged ED patients boarded Ready for discharge, awaiting paperwork To address patient flow EDs across the country are employing...

ED becomes 'satellite' when hospital closes.
July 1, 2009... ED becomes 'satellite' when hospital closes Interdisciplinary task force paves way for transition How would you like to be told that the hospital that houses your ED -- the large, "mother" facility that receives your patients for...

Housing homeless reduces readmits.
July 1, 2009... .table { border: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: outset; border-color: #0779BF} Housing homeless reduces readmits Case management component included An intervention that provided housing and case management to...

ED crafts own HIV test program.
July 1, 2009... .table { border: 3px; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: outset; border-color: #0779BF} ED crafts own HIV test program Selected by CDC to create model The leaders at San Francisco General Hospital were more than happy to...

OIG gives OK to call panel plan.(Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General)
July 1, 2009... OIG gives OK to call panel plan In a recently released advisory opinion, the Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) has told the facility that requested the opinion, which they didn't disclose, that its plan to...

CNE/CME objectives/questions.
July 1, 2009... CNE/CME objectives *Apply new information about various approaches to ED management. *Discuss how developments in the regulatory arena apply to the ED setting. *Implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the...