June 29, 2009
Business Courier of Cincinnati
Cincinnati's University Hospital moves to send psych cases to other ERs
When Cincinnati police pick up someone who appears to be severely mentally ill, University Hospital is their first stop. After discussions with University officials, the Cincinnati Police Department might change its policy on psychiatric emergencies. As of June 29, officers will take such patients “to the nearest emergency department of facilities with inpatient psychiatry services,” according to a letter sent by University to other hospitals.
http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/06/29/story11.html?b=1246248000^1851432 |
June 29, 2009
AMNews
AMA meeting: Physician supervision of nurses sought in all practice agreements
AMA delegates also debated the National Board of Medical Examiners' role in a new doctor of nursing practice certification exam.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/29/prsj0629.htm |
June 28, 2009
Des Moines Register
Psychiatric services faulted at many hospitals in Iowa
Several Iowa hospitals, including one at the center of a controversy involving the shooting death of a Parkersburg coach, have been accused in recent years of discharging psychiatric patients before they were stabilized. The problems in Iowa are not unique. Nationally, patient access to hospital psychiatric services has long been an issue. Hospitals have been fined for discharging psychiatric patients prematurely and have faced lawsuits for boarding mental health patients in emergency rooms for days on end.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090628/NEWS10/906280347&theme=ED_THOMAS |
June 27, 2009
Sun Herald - MS
ER EVOLUTION
In what may be a sign of the times, more people are using the area’s emergency rooms for routine medical care. Coast hospital ERs are trying to meet the challenge while still keeping patient wait times down. They’re using flow management techniques, adding clinics within their ERs for non-emergencies and doing more with less.
http://www.sunherald.com/pageone/story/1441505-p2.html |
June 25, 2009
HealthLeaders Media
Joint Commission Official: Don't Put Patients in Egress Halls When ED Overcrowds
Those of you who plan to move patients into exit corridors when routine ED overcrowding occurs may want to reconsider that policy given what a Joint Commission official said about the matter.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/235107/topic/WS_HLM2_LED/Joint-Commission-Official-Dont-Put-Patients-in-Egress-Halls-When-ED-Overcrowds.html |
June 25, 2009
CNN.com
How to get help in a hurry in the ER
As waits continue to grow longer in the emergency room, patients need to think about what to do if they feel that they're not getting the attention they need in an already overtaxed ER. According to a report out this week, the average total waiting time in a U.S. emergency room in 2008 was four hours and three minutes, a 27-minute increase in nationwide average wait times since 2002.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/25/emergency.room.care/ |
June 23, 2009
PR Newswire (press release)
It's Time For Nurses To Be Heard!!
A unique collaboration between the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute and the Monmouth University Polling Institute with the cooperation of the Institute for Nursing, is asking nurses to register their views on doctors. Called "Nurses' Choice," the results of the unique online survey will be published later this year or early next year in New Jersey Monthly magazine.
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-23-2009/0005048946&EDATE= |
June 21, 2009
Crain's Detroit Business
Plan: Put health centers in ERs
Top executives of Detroit's five major hospital systems are developing a plan to put satellites of federally qualified health centers into their emergency departments and pay the health centers a monthly fee for each patient the centers treat.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090621/FREE/306219952/1069# |
June 19, 2009
Tidewater News - Franklin,VA
What ER+ means to our community
The ER+ logo on a brochure or newspaper ad is more than just an “eye-catching” symbol. ER+ represents a promise we make to our patients and their families. The ER+ promise assures you that 24 hours a day, seven days a week, you will find qualified physicians who take the time to listen to what you have to say. You will be greeted warmly by nurses who are truly compassionate and a registration staff that understands that people come before paperwork.
http://www.tidewaternews.com/news/2009/jun/19/what-er-means-our-community/ |
June 19, 2009
Time
Starting Health-Care Reform in the ER
To get a sense of just how dysfunctional American health care is, members of Congress don't need to look further than their local emergency department (ED).
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1905710,00.html |
June 18, 2009
HealthLeaders Media
Public Supports More Funding for Emergency Departments
More than two-thirds of respondents say the government should provide more funding to expand services for emergency departments so they can hire additional physicians and other staff, according to a new poll commissioned by the American College of Emergency Physicians.
http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/content/234750/topic/WS_HLM2_LED/Public-Supports-More-Funding-for-Emergency-Departments.html |
June 17, 2009
ABC15 (KNXV-TV) - Phoenix, AZ
Child Passenger Safety Bill one step closer to becoming law
An effort to close a loophole in Arizona’s current child passenger restraint law took an important step forward Wednesday when it passed out of the Senate Public Safety and Human Service Committee with a 5-0 vote.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/central/story/Child-Passenger-Safety-Bill-one-step-closer-to/_k3Ossx8pUusVr_iCgVovA.cspx |
June 15, 2009
Topeka Capital Journal
S-V unveils new trauma center
One of the first things people will notice after entering the new $50 million Emergency and Trauma Center at Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center is the relatively small lobby. That is because the new center will allow people to move more quickly into one of the exam rooms.
http://www.cjonline.com/news/local/2009-06-15/s_v_unveils_new_trauma_center |
June 14, 2009
Modern Healthcare
HCA rolling out emergency-room screening program
HCA, the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, is rolling out a system-wide emergency-room screening program aimed at reducing the number of patients with non-emergent or non-urgent medical conditions seen at HCA facilities.
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20090614/REG/306119942/0 |
June 13, 2009
Abilene Reporter-News
Nurse practitioners often only health-care providers
In some rural communities, a nurse practitioner is the only health care provider. Today in Texas, there are almost 7,000 nurse practitioners.
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/jun/13/nurse-practitioners-often-only-health-care/ |
June 12, 2009
Roseville Press Tribune - Roseville, CA
Sutter ER changes follow man's death
Avoiding a potentially devastating cut-off of funds, Sutter Roseville Medical Center has submitted a “satisfactory” correction plan to address alleged problems in its emergency department.
http://rosevillept.com/detail/116751.html?content_source=&category_id=&search... |
June 12, 2009
San Jose Mercury News
Drive-thru medical experiment conducted at Stanford Hospital and Clinics
In what is believed to be the first training exercise in the country, a team of health care professionals at Stanford Hospital & Clinics turned the first floor of a parking garage into a drive-through emergency room Friday morning in hopes of creating a more efficient way to treat a large number of patients during an influenza pandemic or other emergency.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12580052?nclick_check=1 |
June 8, 2009
Minneapolis Star Tribune
No seat belt? Starting Tuesday, expect chat with cop and $25 fine
If you heard a clicking noise around midnight, it may have been the sound of Minnesotans fastening their seat belts. Starting today, drivers can be pulled over if they or their passengers are not buckled in. Under the old law, officers had to have another reason for stopping a vehicle, then could issue tickets for unbelted occupants.
http://www.startribune.com/local/47265472.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUjc7YUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs |
June 8, 2009
American Medical News
Medicine decries nurse doctorate exam being touted as equal to physician testing
Physician leaders say a new doctor of nursing practice certification exam is being wrongly compared with testing that physicians take. And they fear that patients may be misled into believing nurses who pass the exam share the same qualifications as physicians.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/06/08/prl10608.htm |
June 6, 2009
North County Times - Californian - Escondido, CA
HOSPITALS: Law professor sees mixed bag in hospital suit
An expert in health care law said Friday that Tri-City Medical Center's suit against Scripps Health Inc. could have merit in one aspect if Tri-City can back up its claims that Scripps is forcing patients to travel to distant facilities for treatment. "If, in fact, Scripps is telling their Medicare or Medi-Cal patients, for example, that 'you can only go to Scripps Clinic or a Scripps emergency department,' that's very questionable," said Brian Liang, a Harvard-educated law professor who teaches at the California Western School of Law in downtown San Diego.
http://www.northcountytimes.com/articles/2009/06/06/news/coastal/oceanside/z65cbcc4e34d8ad0a882575cb0083aa86.txt |
June 6, 2009
Sacramento Bee
Care crisis jams ERs
With Sacramento County's mental hospital repeatedly closing to new patients, people in the throes of mental health crises are being held in emergency rooms of area hospitals.
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1923774.html |
June 5, 2009
Beaver County Times - Beaver, PA
Heritage Valley patient numbers now on Web site
By going to www.heritagevalley.org, visitors can see how busy the emergency departments are at the Brighton Township and Sewickley hospitals, as well as the Heritage Valley Convenient Care Center in Beaver, the Heritage Valley Health Center in Moon Township, and outpatient test centers at the two hospitals.
http://www.timesonline.com/articles/2009/06/05/news/top_stories/doc4a29d769869c6406345558.txt |
June 5, 2009
Laconia Citizen - Laconia, NH
Utilizing our emergency rooms wisely
We are fortunate that here in central New Hampshire we have well-staffed, state-of-the-art emergency medical facilities which, indeed, can mean in the difference between life and death.
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090605/GJOPINION02/706059809/-1/CITNEWS08 |
