Out-of-Network Emergency Services & the Affordable Care Act
Reimbursement rates for out-of-network hospitals are likely to become a major issue when health...
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Hospital Medicine
A Focus on Diagnostic Errors in Malpractice Claims
Studies have shown that about 5% of autopsies in hospitals in the United States reveal lethal...
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Even in Medicine, There’s an App for That
The launch of the iPhone and Android smartphone platforms spurred a boom in medical application...
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Managing Pain in Patients With IBD
Among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), abdominal pain is a common and frustrating...
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Opioid Backlash Threatens Sickle Cell Care
The well-meaning push to curb opioid prescribing could worsen healthcare for sickle cell patients....
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If You’re Going to Criticize, Get Your Facts Straight
I just found out about an article that appeared in Forbes online 7 months ago. It said that a...
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Child Passenger Safety Resources in EDs
Each year in the United States, more than 130,000 children younger than age 13 are treated in EDs...
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Guidelines for Managing Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction
Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes the acute airway narrowing that occurs as a...
Read MorePerformance Goals for Hospital CEOs Discourage Change
A big problem with changing the focus of healthcare in the United States is that hospital chief executive officers (CEOs) are incented to produce profits for their institutions. This chart from Kaiser Health News shows that the...
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A Helpful Guide for CDI Prevention
According to the CDC, the mortality rate associated with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)...
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Putting Context in Medical Care
Effective care requires diagnosing and treating clinical conditions using evidence-based practices...
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AHA 2013: Comparing Stroke Outcomes After Different Catheterization Techniques
The Particulars: In previous studies, transradial (TR) catheterization has been shown to have a...
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AHA 2013: Program Improves QOL in STEMI Patients
The Particulars: Current guidelines recommend that regional systems be implemented to optimize...
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AHA 2013: Telemonitoring Reduces Heart Failure-Related Readmissions
The Particulars: Some studies suggest that the 30-day readmission rate for patients with heart...
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Overcoming Boarding Issues With Psychiatric ED Patients
It is estimated that between 6% and 9% of all ED visits are from patients presenting to the...
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Repeat Lipid Testing in CHD
For patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), current performance measures recommend annual...
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Improving Pulmonary Hypertension Care
The success of treatment for pulmonary hypertension (PH), including pulmonary arterial...
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Phone Call Follow-Up and Smoking Cessation in the ED
Telephone follow-up after an ED visit is an important strategy for monitoring changes in health...
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Diabetes & Fracture Hospitalization Risk
Published research has indicated that people with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk for bone...
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Should ED Wait Times Be Advertised?
Throughout the country, many hospitals are advertising their services to the public using various...
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