Emergency department

passion. My novel discovery would take place during, one of the most scorching months of August I ever recall experiencing. It would be during this amplifying heat that I would conclude to go to Mercy Hospital and become a volunteer at the Emergency Department. This day would not only come to symbolize an inflection point in my life due to the fact that I had recently emigrated from Spain, but a realization of my calling in life. As if it was yesterday, I remember I had to wake up punctually that

Economics of an Urgent Care Center in a Market of Emergency Departments One of the contributors to the rising cost of Healthcare can be attributed to the over use of emergency departments (EDs) for non-emergency needs. In the greater Capitol/First/Beacon Hill area there are three major hospitals (Virginia Mason, Harborview, and Swedish) with emergency rooms and no urgent care centers with the exception of Group Health which is restricted to Group Health insurance members. The question I asked

Introduction Every day in the United States there are 136.3 million people that visit the emergency department (CDC, 2015). To put this number into perspective that is 44.5 people per 100 persons (CDC, 2015). 11.9% of these visits result in hospital admission leaving 88.1% of visits to be discharged home with or without caregiver assistance or to another healthcare facility (CDC, 2015). While high numbers of patients being discharged is desirable, it is important to consider that “In one out of

Screen 1. Emergency Department Chief Compliant Data Entry Screen. 1. What is the purpose for the screen? The chief compliant screen will allow clinicians to enter patient’s reasons for visiting the emergency department. The chief complaint data entry screen will be to obtain information from patient such as symptoms, duration of symptoms, and what major problem they are experiencing as a result of symptoms. The chief compliant data entry screen does not deals with obtaining information about chronic

Background Most emergency care is delivered in Emergency Departments (ED), there were over 129 million ED visits in the United States in 2010, and some of the most common reasons patients visit the ED is for abdominal pain, chest pain, fever, headache and back pain (Mutter & Clancy, 2014). Doctors and the other healthcare providers in the ED use electronic medical records (EMRs), rapid blood/urine testing, and diagnostic procedures such as; X-ray, CT scan, MRI to decide if a patient requires inpatient

ALTERNATIVES FOR OVERCROWDING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS Meeting the Challenge and Filling the Gaps in America’s Healthcare System Executive Summary: Many visits to the Emergency Department are made for non-emergent needs. This causes congestion in the healthcare system and makes it harder for those who truly need emergent medical attention receive the care they need. Aging populations, under or non-insured patients, Medicaid expansions, and Psychiatric/Behavioral Health problems directly impact overcrowding

Emergency Department David W. Banson Stratford University HCA 530 May 5, 2015 Dr. Zelalem Atlee Emergency Department Introduction Any patient brought into the Emergency Department, is first signed in at ED receptionist desk and triaged by a triage nurse, prioritized and brought to patient room by a charged nurse either by wheelchair or stretcher or walking by the patient depending on patient’s illness. A nurse is assigned to the patient. Emergency Doctor comes in and if the patient

Introduction In this paper I will discuss efficacy of fast track system in emergency department across Ontario, that will influence patient satisfaction, and also identifies practices that can be used in the Emergency Department. It also provides ways of promising strategies to help Emergency Departments address patient satisfaction issues more effectively. Each hospital can identify critical issues and processes and choose strategies to support local needs. By introducing the fast-track process

The Emergency Department for most healthcare organizations has been referred to by many as the gateway to the entire hospital. This is largely in part due to the observation that the Emergency Department is often the most frequently visited department of the acute care hospital that many patients will ever receive care from (Falcone, 2013). The Emergency Departments function by its design is to fulfill a healthcare organizations obligation of providing care during episodes of acute, severe injuries

Blood Culture Contamination Rates in the Emergency Department: Issues and Resolutions for Improvement Blood culture (BC) contamination is a common, yet preventable problem for emergency departments (EDs) across the country (Self et al., 2014). Erlanger Hospital’s ED is no different and being the region’s only Level 1 Trauma Center, it is called to an excellent standard of practice. BC testing is a routinely applied intervention used to diagnose infections in symptomatic patients who arrive at the