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NewsEmergency rooms triage with ankle hotline
With lower extremity sprain and strain injuries making up more than one-third (36 percent) of emergency department (ED) visits, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston propose using Read more...
To reduce ER overcrowding, think outside the box
Treatment areas with recliners and community health workers to help guide patients are just two of several creative methods highlighted by Kaiser Health News that various hospitals around the nation Read more...
ER triage decisions delay care for blacks, Hispanics
Black Americans and Hispanics who show up at emergency rooms with chest pain are less likely than whites to get the care they need, despite displaying the same symptoms, according to a study Read more...
U of Chicago institutes triage in ED
Last week, the University of Chicago Medical Center announced 450 layoffs, which cut 5 percent off of its workforce. Now, it's following up that cost-control measure with another: it's started Read more...
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