North Adams (Mass.) Regional Hospital has cut emergency department wait times by more than half in one month through Lean process improvements, according to an iBerkshires report.
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Patients prefer boarding in an inpatient hallway rather than in an emergency department hallway, according to a study in The Journal of Emergency Medicine.
Accurately screening cancer patients for major depression is possible with just a two-question survey, according to a study presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's 55th Annual Meeting.
A study last week in the Journal of Patient Safety estimates that somewhere between 210,000 and 444,000 preventable deaths occur annually in our nation's hospitals — the low end more than double the often-quoted 98,000 estimated by the seminal 1999…
Northampton, Mass.-based Cooley Dickenson Hospital is seeking state approval to close its pediatric inpatient unit, according to a report from The Republican.
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A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimates that hospital-acquired infections cost $9.8 billion every year. These costs impact public payers, including Medicare and Medicaid (read: taxpayers), as well as commercial payers (read: employers, employees and individuals who pay…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has proposed a pilot test of an emergency department discharge tool.
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) recently introduced proposed legislation to improve nurse-to-patient ratio requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Emergency department patients with low health literacy have fewer physician office visits and prefer ED care more than their health literate counterparts, according to a study in Medical Care.
Abdominal pain was the most common diagnosis among Medicaid patients who visited the emergency department between four to six times in one year, according to a study in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.