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A physician's perspective on why the ED model is stuck
As some you will recall, in a recent column I looked at the issue of how EDs handle patients with non-critical but acute illnesses. (I'd suggested that some form of step-down care, probably in the Read more...
Why EDs need urgent care services
Today, EDs are crowded at levels they've never been before, and there's few if any signs the problem can be made better. Sure, smart hospitals can improve patient flow by investing in IT that tracks Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Hospital EDs not ready for mass casualties
While they may be managing to deal with overcrowding right now, there's no way that the nation's hospital EDs will be ready for mass casualty events such as a natural disaster or terrorist attacks Read more...
Trend: More free-standing EDs opening
In recent years, the number of freestanding emergency departments has grown dramatically, climbing 23 percent from 2005 to 2006, according to the American Hospital Association. These EDs treat many Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: CA faces specialist flight from EDs
Specialists are becoming an increasingly precious commodity in emergency departments across the U.S. But even by national standards, things are particularly bad in California, whose Medi-Cal program Read more...
U.S. Reps give boost to physician-owned hospitals
In recent times, physician-owned hospitals have taken a lot of fire in Congress--but Read more...
Study: Crowding may increase hosp. stay for some children
A new study suggests that if the hospital is crowded on the day a child is admitted, that child may be in for a longer stay if he or she has a less-complicated illness that requires ongoing Read more...
EDs seeing more affluent patients, less uninsured
Here's a study that flies in the face of what we've been reading elsewhere. According to new research published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, emergency departments are actually seeing a Read more...
Study: MDs refer profitable patients to their ASCs
This isn't too surprising, but it's not something policymakers will like, either. A new study of referral patterns in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metros suggests that physicians who are Read more...
Trend: Hospitals spending to care for obese
Here's another story bringing home an issue which we've covered in the past here in FierceHealthcare. With growing Read more...
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