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CT angiography best for chest pain in ED, study suggests
Going straight to CT angiography when patients present at an emergency department with chest pain offers a faster, cheaper and more accurate diagnosis for some patients, a new study concludes. The... Read more...
Trend: EDs see more repeat users, elderly
Much of the discussion around health reform has touched on the problem of emergency department overuse and the high costs of this pattern to the system overall. However, the following study suggests... Read more...
Study: Medical homes boost quality, cut costs
The patient-centered medical home model is looking sexier by the minute, with studies increasingly suggesting that it works well on financial and clinical grounds. This time, it's a study done by the... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Feds detail triage rules in event of swine flu crisis
Wondering how your hospital or clinic will withstand the onslaught if you're hit by a swine flu panic? Now, at least, you can fall back on federal guidance on how to cope with the crowds.... Read more...
Physicians shortage cramping even insureds' access to their care
With the primary-care shortage growing steadily worse, it's becoming more and more the case that simply having medical insurance is no guarantee of having easy access to primary-care services,... Read more...
Study: Homeless more likely to use ambulance
A new study concludes that homeless people are more likely than other patients to arrive at U.S. hospitals by ambulance, and more than twice as likely than other patients to be uninsured. The study,... Read more...
Study: EDs, strained by recession, at a breaking point
Everyone in the healthcare business knows that the emergency department system was already under tremendous pressure before the recession hit. Now, a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation's... Read more...
Stanford Hospital tests drive-through ED to control pandemic diseases
Though it might sound a bit comical at first--"Hey, doctor, can I have a hamburger, some fries and a throat culture?"--Stanford Hospital hospital's new drive-through ED has a deadly serious purpose.... Read more...
Primary care group outlines swine flu management plan
Emergency departments are increasingly being hit with inflows of patients fearful that they have the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu. Hoping to help hospitals manage the problem,... Read more...
Rep questions U of Chicago's ED redirection initiative
Not long ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center began a program--the Urban Health Initiative--part of which includes efforts to move non-urgent patients out of its emergency department and... Read more...
