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Case study: MA hospital creates $1M quick-care unit
These days, virtually any emergency department can say it's overloaded--but the staff at Wareham, MA-based Tobey Hospital had a particularly difficult problem on their hands. The hospital, which 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...
Case study: AZ hospital posts ED wait times on website
Scottsdale, AZ-based Scottsdale Healthcare has taken an approach more common in the travel industry and put it to use in its emergency department. The health system has begun to post emergency 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...
WA hospitals struggle with extreme ED overloads
While emergency departments are overloaded across the U.S., few regions are struggling quite as hard as Washington state's King County area, where overflowing facilities are closing EDs as often as Read more...
CMS: Harbor-UCLA places patients in jeopardy
Another Los Angeles county hospital emergency department appears to be facing serious care problems, in an unfortunate echo the problems faced the now-deceased Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor hospital. Read more...
Survey: ED overcrowding getting worse
Is overcrowding getting worse in your emergency department? Probably, if this survey is any indication. A new poll from the American College of Emergency Physicians found that of almost 1,500 Read more...
Study: ED crowding affects care
A new study suggests that overcrowding has a direct impact on the care emergency departments provide, even if the ED hasn't exceeded its maximum capacity. Researchers behind the study argue that Read more...
Atlanta hospitals screen out non-emergent ED patients
The movement towards screening out non-critical emergency department visitors is continuing nationwide, with many hospitals opting to push such patients into primary care or charge them a fee to use Read more...
Case study: TX hospital cuts ED admit times
A new project at Parkland Memorial Hospital has cut the wait time between the decision to admit an ED patient and the time he or she is situated in a bed from three hours to one. The improvements Read more...
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