ED Management articles from March 2007

ED Management archives from March 2007

Reimbursement cuts, payment delays threaten ED bottom lines.
March 1, 2007... Reimbursement cuts, payment delays threaten ED bottom lines Seemingly arbitrary payer reductions are announced without warning On May 1, 2006, Medical Mutual of Ohio (MMO), one of the state's largest insurers, instituted an immediate...

Palliative program yields triage changes in the ED.
March 1, 2007... Palliative program yields triage changes in the ED Turnaround accomplished in just six months If your hospital doesn't have a palliative care program yet, it soon will, and that may mean changes in the way you triage your patients. ...

Pharmacist in ED slashes medication errors by 50%.
March 1, 2007... Pharmacist in ED slashes medication errors by 50% Turnaround accomplished in just six months By placing a pharmacist within the department to review medications being given to patients, the ED at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, CA,...

ED's 'PALs' help put focus back on patients.
March 1, 2007... ED's 'PALs' help put focus back on patients Overcoming staff distractions from technology At Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, CO, the introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR) in 2004 was a mixed blessing, at best, for the...

ED uses 'Virtual ICU' to improve patient care.
March 1, 2007... ED uses 'Virtual ICU' to improve patient care Resuscitation continues as docs, nurses help others A program that provides "critical care without walls," originally intended solely to support the intensive care units (ICUs) at...

'Plain talk' is best when dealing with disasters.
March 1, 2007... 'Plain talk' is best when dealing with disasters Communication breakdown can overturn response plan This past summer, when strong storms knocked out power in the St. Louis area, the incident command group at BJC Healthcare called the...

Is relief on the way for disaster management 'Babel'?
March 1, 2007... Is relief on the way for disaster management 'Babel'? The move to abolish 10-codes from intradiscipline communications, which gained impetus in the wake of huge communication problems during 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, may just be the first...

New emergency funds won't 'trickle down'?(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... New emergency funds won't 'trickle down'? The amount of funds allocated for emergency preparedness in President Bush's newly presented fiscal year 2007 budget may look good on paper, but as a practical matter, they won't be much help to...

A FREE white paper for our readers.
March 1, 2007... A FREE white paper for our readers AHC Media appreciates the faith you have placed in us to provide you with practical, authoritative information. As a token of our gratitude for your support, we would like to provide you with the free...

CE/CME objectives/questions.
March 1, 2007... CE/CME objectives *Apply new information about various approaches to ED management. *Explain how regulatory developments apply to the ED setting. *Implement managerial procedures suggested by your peers in the publication. ...