Should Hospital Emergency Departments Be Used as Revenue Streams Despite Needs to Curb Overutilization?
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DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.207
Abstract: This case asks how a hospital should balance patients' health needs with its financial bottom line regarding emergency department utilization. Should hospitals engage in proactive population health initiatives if they result in decreased revenue from… read more here.
Keywords: revenue streams; emergency departments; hospital emergency; emergency ... See more keywords
Growth in Recreational Cannabis Markets and Burden on Emergency Departments.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.25275
Abstract: Ever since Colorado legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers have used Colorado’s experience as an example of the consequences cannabis appears to have on the health care system. This… read more here.
Keywords: cannabis; emergency departments; increase; recreational cannabis ... See more keywords
Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2–Positive Youths Tested in Emergency Departments
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.42322
Abstract: Key Points Question What proportion of SARS-CoV-2–positive youths tested in emergency departments (ED) experience severe outcomes (ie, intensive interventions, severe organ impairment, or death) within 14 days? Findings Among 3221 SARS-CoV-2–positive youths enrolled in a… read more here.
Keywords: cov positive; tested emergency; positive youths; youths tested ... See more keywords
Monthly Rates of Patients Who Left Before Accessing Care in US Emergency Departments, 2017-2021
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.33708
Abstract: This cross-sectional study investigates rates of patients who left emergency departments without being seen from 2017 to 2021. read more here.
Keywords: 2017 2021; monthly rates; patients left; rates patients ... See more keywords
Death and End-of-Life Care in Emergency Departments in the US
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DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.40399
Abstract: This cross-sectional study evaluates the frequency with which US residents die in the emergency department or within 1 month of vising the emergency department. read more here.
Keywords: emergency; care emergency; death end; end life ... See more keywords
Prevalence of Neurological Complaints in US Emergency Departments, 2016-2019.
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DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2022.4531
Abstract: This study uses data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to analyze adults with a neurological complaint as their reason for an emergency department visit. read more here.
Keywords: emergency; neurological complaints; departments 2016; prevalence neurological ... See more keywords
Strategies to improve the quality of nurse triage in emergency departments: A realist review protocol
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DOI: 10.1002/nop2.1550
Abstract: The purpose of this realist review was to assess what works, for whom and in what context, regarding strategies that influence nurses' behaviour to improve triage quality in emergency departments (ED). read more here.
Keywords: triage; realist review; emergency departments; quality ... See more keywords
Chest CT for rapid triage of patients in multiple emergency departments during COVID-19 epidemic: experience report from a large French university hospital
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DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-07154-4
Abstract: To assess the diagnostic performances of chest CT for triage of patients in multiple emergency departments during COVID-19 epidemic, in comparison with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. From March 3 to April 4,… read more here.
Keywords: emergency departments; hospital; pcr; covid ... See more keywords
Association between Electronic Medical Record Implementation of Default Opioid Prescription Quantities and Prescribing Behavior in Two Emergency Departments
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DOI: 10.1007/s11606-017-4286-5
Abstract: Larger quantities of opioid tablets for initial prescriptions are associated with transition to continued use.1 Default options, or conditions that are set in place unless an alternative is actively chosen, have been shown to influence… read more here.
Keywords: default; implementation; emergency departments; medical record ... See more keywords
Organizational and environmental factors associated with transfers of nursing home residents to emergency departments
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DOI: 10.1007/s41999-018-0059-x
Abstract: Background/ObjectivesThe emergency department transfer (EDT) rate of residents from nursing homes (NHs) to emergency departments is an important public health issue. The purpose of this study was to examine whether organizational and geographical factors were… read more here.
Keywords: factors associated; emergency; emergency departments; edt rate ... See more keywords
An analysis of casualties presenting to military emergency departments in Iraq and Afghanistan
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2018.04.068
Abstract: Background: During the past 17 years of conflict the deployed US military health care system has found new and innovative ways to reduce combat mortality down to the lowest case fatality rate in US history.… read more here.
Keywords: military emergency; casualties presenting; emergency departments; emergency ... See more keywords