ED Return Visits: The Patient Perspective
Reducing “unnecessary” use of the hospital has become an important initiative nationwide, but...
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Author: TimH
When Surgery Requires a Physician Assistant
In collaboration with 15 specialty surgical organizations, the American College of Surgeons (ACS)...
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Arrival Times & STEMI Outcomes
For patients that are presenting with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), national...
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Screening for Delirium in EDs: Seeking Validation
About 10% of older adults who seek care in EDs throughout the United States experience delirium....
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An Update on Secondary Stroke Prevention
In 2014, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) updated guidelines...
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CVD & Stroke: Examining Hospitalization & Mortality Trends
Over the last decade, physicians and professional organizations have focused their efforts on...
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Preventing Complications of Diabetes
More than 29 million Americans have diabetes, and the disease ranks as the seventh leading cause...
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Measles in America
From January 1 to August 2014, there were nearly 600 confirmed measles cases reported to...
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Guidelines for PrEP to Prevent HIV Infections
Since the early days of the HIV epidemic in the United States, clinicians have made continued...
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Knee & Hip Arthroplasties: Analyzing the Obesity Effect
Published reports have shown that the number of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures performed...
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Detecting Acute HIV in the ED
Detecting HIV in the acute stage is important because patients are highly infectious at that time...
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Where Elderly Disabled Americans Live
The following depicts the share of the top nine states among the total population aged 65 and...
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Teens With HIV: A Look at Treatment Trends
In recent years, the incidence of HIV infection has decreased for most age groups. Study results...
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Depression & Mortality in Older Diabetics
Data indicate that patients with diabetes have almost double the risk of being depressed, when...
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Guidelines for Diagnosing OSA
Between 10% and 17% of Americans have moderate to severe sleep apnea, according to recent...
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Assessing Asthma Control
The Asthma Control Test (ACT) has long been used as a quick survey to assess how well asthma...
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Non-Specific Abdominal Pain: Analyzing Repeat ED Use
Research has shown that many patients in the United States present to the ED with gastrointestinal...
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Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence-Infographic
In a survey published in the May 2014 Journal of Emergency Nursing, nearly 800 participants...
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Transitional Care Interventions to Prevent HF Readmissions
According to published research, heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and...
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“Doctor Shopping” After Orthopedic Trauma
Recent reports have shown that the negative consequences of narcotic use are increasing, and...
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