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The Impact of Poor Health Literacy in Patients with COPD
Aug 12, 2013
Health literacy has been defined as the ability to obtain, process, and understand the basic...
Read MoreIncreasing Efficiency With Mobile Tablet Computers
Aug 8, 2013
The ever-growing use of electronic health records (EHRs) and information needs of patients have...
Read MorePredicting Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions
Aug 7, 2013
Throughout the United States, readmission rates are increasingly being used for benchmarking...
Read MoreMedication Adherence
Aug 4, 2013
The National Report Card on Adherence is based on an average of answers to questions on nine...
Read MoreData Standards for ACS & CAD
Aug 4, 2013
With the emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative and professional...
Read MoreManaging Depression After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Aug 3, 2013
Each year, about 1.2 million Americans survive an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, many of...
Read MoreManaging Children With Low-Risk Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Aug 2, 2013
Intra-abdominal injuries resulting from blunt torso trauma are a leading cause of morbidity in...
Read MoreSelected Imaging Tests in the ED
Aug 2, 2013
The figure below shows the annual percentage of ED visits with selected imaging tests ordered or...
Read MoreMetastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Therapy: Supporting Patients
Aug 1, 2013
Data from the American Cancer Society estimate that 65,150 new cases of kidney cancer, including...
Read MoreThe ED’s Expanding Role in Hospital Admissions
Jul 31, 2013
Although research has focused heavily on increased use of EDs, little attention has been paid to the changing role that these facilities play in the entire healthcare system. In a study published in the New England Journal of...
Read MoreGastric Bypass Surgery for Mild Obesity in Diabetics
Jul 30, 2013
In 2003, a study of more than 1,000 patients who underwent gastric bypass found that one-third of...
Read MoreThe Impact of Depression on ED Stays in ACS Patients
Jul 28, 2013
Studies suggest that about 30% of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) experience symptoms...
Read MoreImproving Skills With Surgical Simulation
Jul 22, 2013
Requirements for surgical proficiency are generally based on an absolute number of procedures...
Read MoreAvoidable Healthcare Costs
Jul 19, 2013
The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics estimates that $213 billion was spent on avoidable...
Read MoreED Care of AF & Hospital Charges
Jul 13, 2013
The initial management of newly recognized atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter (AF) lasting...
Read MoreOvercoming Barriers to Clinical Research in the ED
Jul 2, 2013
Clinical research in the ED is important to providing supporting evidence for the development of practice guidelines and is vital to enhancing patient outcomes. A recent study was conducted to describe barriers and lessons...
Read MoreProtecting EDs & Providers When Patients Leave Against Medical Advice
Jul 2, 2013
Recent studies suggest that as many as 2% of discharges from acute care hospitals and EDs in the...
Read MoreRetirement Decisions & Workforce Implications in Anesthesiology
Jul 1, 2013
Anesthesiology is one of 21 medical specialties in the United States that is currently...
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