Decreasing 30-Day Morbidity Rates in Surgery Patients
Numerous studies have demonstrated that 30-day postoperative complications resulting from...
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Wide Variation in Blood Transfusion Use
Current clinical guidelines from three medical societies suggest that the hemoglobin threshold for...
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Breaking Down Avoidable Healthcare Costs
Around $213 billion was spent on avoidable healthcare costs in the United States in...
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UA/NSTEMI: A Guideline Update
Following the recent FDA approval of new medications to reduce cardiovascular death and heart...
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Enhancing Management of Lower Back Pain
About 25% of adults report having low back pain lasting at least 1 whole day in the preceding 3...
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The Impact of Poor Health Literacy in Patients with COPD
Health literacy has been defined as the ability to obtain, process, and understand the basic...
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Increasing Efficiency With Mobile Tablet Computers
The ever-growing use of electronic health records (EHRs) and information needs of patients have...
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Predicting Avoidable 30-Day Readmissions
Throughout the United States, readmission rates are increasingly being used for benchmarking...
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Medication Adherence
The National Report Card on Adherence is based on an average of answers to questions on nine...
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Data Standards for ACS & CAD
With the emergence of electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative and professional...
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Managing Depression After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Each year, about 1.2 million Americans survive an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event, many of...
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Managing Children With Low-Risk Blunt Abdominal Trauma
Intra-abdominal injuries resulting from blunt torso trauma are a leading cause of morbidity in...
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Selected Imaging Tests in the ED
The figure below shows the annual percentage of ED visits with selected imaging tests ordered or...
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Therapy: Supporting Patients
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
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...
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Gastric Bypass Surgery for Mild Obesity in Diabetics
In 2003, a study of more than 1,000 patients who underwent gastric bypass found that one-third of...
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The Impact of Depression on ED Stays in ACS Patients
Studies suggest that about 30% of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) experience symptoms...
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Improving Skills With Surgical Simulation
Requirements for surgical proficiency are generally based on an absolute number of procedures...
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