The Particulars: High-risk care plans are increasingly being used to assist in the management of patients who are big users of ED resources. However, little is known about the outcomes obtained with these plans in a real-world...
Read MoreThe Particulars: Many EDs now include a physician at triage in an effort to improve flow and expedite care. Reports on the outcomes of making this change have been mixed, and its impact on common throughput metrics is not well...
Read MoreThe Particulars: Research indicates that patients with recurrent ED visits for trauma represent an important target for injury prevention efforts. If has not been well defined whether a history of alcohol use at initial...
Read MoreThe Particulars: Data are lacking on the potential magnitude of cost savings from interventions directed at ED encounters. An understanding of ED care and ED-directed healthcare costs by type of visit and the proportion of...
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The Particulars: Researchers have hypothesized that regional anesthesia may reduce the risk of...
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The Particulars: Studies have shown that anesthesia type can play a role in perioperative outcomes...
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The Particulars: Understanding factors associated with anesthetic complications and “near misses”...
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The Particulars: The high perioperative and postoperative costs associated with total knee...
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The Particulars: Previous research found that postoperative pain management did not appear to...
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The Particulars: The United States government’s Healthy People 2020 initiative set a goal of...
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The Particulars: The effects of traditional HIV testing and referral programs can be limited...
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The Particulars: Studies show that antibiotic stewardship programs can help reduce inappropriate...
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The Particulars: Previous research has shown that antiretroviral therapy (ART) prescribing errors...
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The Particulars: Disseminating education and tools to help guide clinical decisions surrounding...
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New research is being presented at Anesthesiology 2014, the annual meeting of the American Society...
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The Particulars: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) using cardiac positron emission tomography...
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The Particulars: For patients with a normal baseline ECG who are referred for diagnostic stress...
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The Particulars: Data are lacking on the impact of appropriate use criteria for single-photon...
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