ED Management articles from October 2006

ED Management archives from October 2006

Approval of nonprescription sale of Plan B muddies ethical waters.
October 1, 2006... Approval of nonprescription sale of Plan B muddies ethical waters Requests for morning-after pill may drop, potential moral conflicts remain The recent federal approval of nonprescription sales of the emergency contraceptive Plan B...

ED managers face many ethical issues.
October 1, 2006... ED managers face many ethical issues While the Plan B controversy has dominated emergency medicine news lately, there are several other ethical issues that arise in the ED from time to time and can create conflicts for ED physicians and...

EDs pool resources to weather flood.
October 1, 2006... EDs pool resources to weather flood Staffs combine to meet patient needs during crisis Three hospital EDs in Binghamton, NY, overcame late June floodwaters that caused one of them to close by sharing staff and other resources to enable...

JCAHO issues Alert for power failures.
October 1, 2006... JCAHO issues Alert for power failures The 2001 floods in Houston. The 2003 blackout in the Northeast. Hurricanes in the Southeast. These disasters showed how severely clinical operations can be affected in health care organizations...

Hospital planning ahead for bird flu pandemic.
October 1, 2006... Hospital planning ahead for bird flu pandemic ED plays critical role in developing response plan The staff at the University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, is taking a proactive approach to the possibility of an avian flu or other...

Satisfaction turnaround requires persistence.(Saint Francis Medical Center )
October 1, 2006... Satisfaction turnaround requires persistence ED staff ride 'roller coaster' before earning award The ED staff at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO, is justifiably proud of the Compass Award it recently received from...

Help your ED staff get over culture shock.(Saint Francis Medical Center)
October 1, 2006... Help your ED staff get over culture shock Patient satisfaction improvement projects can be a significant challenge for an ED manager, says Marcia Abernathy, RN, director of emergency services at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape...

Will new e-facility help fight ED overcrowding?
October 1, 2006... Will new e-facility help fight ED overcrowding? New site can positively effect LWBS, satisfaction A newly opened telemedicine primary care facility in Peachtree City, GA, called Health-e-Station, will help curtail the severe...

Study: Minor ailments don't cause ED overcrowding.
October 1, 2006... Study: Minor ailments don't cause ED overcrowding Culprit: Delays for sicker patients Patients who come to EDs with minor conditions do not contribute significantly to delays and overcrowding, despite widely held beliefs to the...

CE/CME objectives/questions.
October 1, 2006... CE/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...