At the beginning of Q3 2014, a remarkable change began in healthcare, a change many of us had been predicting, but its suddenness was still surprising. After a long period of tepid demand for contingent healthcare workers, orders for nurses…
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An Associated Press review of hospital readiness, hospital capacity and other emergency readiness capabilities has found the U.S. hospital system is unprepared for an Ebola outbreak.
As payment and utilization structures in healthcare change, so too may usage patterns. The following are four findings on executives' predictions for emergency department volumes in the next five years, from a Kurt Salmon report, "Utilization of Healthcare Services."
Flu severity and Ebola panic could overcrowd emergency departments this winter, according to a report from Healthcare DIVE.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released data showing the number of emergency department visits related to synthetic marijuana more than doubled between 2010 and 2011, the latest years for which data is available.
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The Illinois Poison Center is now managing the state's Ebola hotline, according to a report from the Murphysboro American.
VHA Inc. wants hospitals to focus on their waste management, energy use and water consumption. To read more, click here.
Should the United States experience rapid transmission of the Ebola virus, there may be a major issue with outbreak safety: As of now, less than one-dozen biocontained hospital beds exist in the U.S., according to report from ABC News.
A new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has found that while people enrolled in low-income insurance programs may visit emergency rooms frequently after becoming enrolled, their visit rate falls drastically within 12 months.
After announcing a nurse who had treated Thomas Duncan had contracted Ebola, the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas shut down its emergency department Sunday, only to reopen it 12 hours later and close it again a half-hour after that,…