Background : With increasing number of accidents and disease spectrum in today’s time ‚ emergency departments are frequently witnessing more patient’s visits . Increasing advent of health insurance has also directed increased utilisation of health care services . Yet under the surface ‚ there is a growing crisis brewing in the emergency departments . Emergency departments are frequently overloaded ‚ with patients sometimes lining the hallways and waiting hours and even days to be admitted to inpatient
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h8gK0CiINjoNWtSGXLmhQ&sig2=qNYNs1UrvGuz4SUZBILHOA&bvm=bv.47883778‚d.eWU OECD (2011)‚ Health at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators‚ OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/health_glance-2011-en Steve‚ O. (2012). The rapid evolution of health care. The stand alone er‚ Retrieved from http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http://www.emcny.com/documents/whitepaperEMC2012-07_standAloneERs.pdf&ei=iEe7UYvFN43A9QS
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Ways to Improve Emergency Room Wait Times Veronica Padlo California College San Diego MAN324 May 2‚ 2010 Dru Macasieb Abstract It seems that emergency room wait times are ridiculous and there is no need for it. My mom has been in and out of the hospital since last April and the most annoying thing in the world is having to wait 3 hours to see a doctor. This paper is going to focus on ways to improve emergency room wait times. With all the advancements in technology you would think that
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through staged accidents‚ fake medical treatment‚ and billing for services not rendered. PIP (Personal Injury Protection) is the primary target of auto insurance fraud in Florida. PIP was implemented by the legislators to provide immediate care and treatment for those involved in automobile accidents. The State of Florida requires that every motor vehicle driver carry PIP coverage‚ also known as no-fault coverage. This coverage requires insurance companies to pay up
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Emergency Department Triage Triage is an essential element of providing care to patients who present at a hospital emergency department. Triage is defined as a brief clinical assessment that determines the time and sequence in which patients should be seen in the emergency department. During triage‚ an emergency department nurse interviews a patient or the patient’s representative about the medical problem causing concern‚ makes a brief evaluation of the patient‚ and takes the patient’s vital signs
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Memo Date: August 8‚ 2011 To: SVP‚ Tenet California From: Subject: Recommended purchase of Atascadero Urgent Care Following a great deal of analysis and strategic planning we are recommending the outright purchase of Central Coast Healthcare‚ an urgent care facility located in Atascadero‚ CA‚ a city of significant patient origin to both Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and Twin Cities Community Hospital. While this facility stands on its own as a solid business venture
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clinics are designed to treat patients’ injuries and illnesses that require immediate care‚ but are not serious enough to warrant a trip to the emergency room. The Urgent Care Association of America established criteria for urgent care centers in April 2009 -
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the primary cause of overcrowding in a hospital and affects more than 90% of hospitals in America (Lowes‚ 2001). The practice of boarding or “holding” patients endangers the safety of hospital staff and the patients themselves. It causes delays in care and even worse ambulance diversions. Emergency department visits climbed fourteen percent from 1992 to 1999 (Lowes‚ 2001). This shows that boarding patients is a risk to the incoming ED patients. The nursing shortage in America is a direct contributor
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An urgent care facility is classified as a walk-in type of clinic where patients whose injury or condition may not be critical enough for the hospital‚ but does require immediate care. Nurses that work in a helicopter can work civilian for hospitals‚ trauma and independent medical evacuation firms‚ or work military and fly into war stricken territories
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Emergency Medicine and the Ethical Dilemmas Luisa Martin HCA 322 Instructor Thomas December 5‚ 2010 Picture this scenario: You are working in the emergency room of a public hospital where the inflow of patients is higher than the available beds. You are treating an elderly man who is breathless and cyanosed. While you assess whether he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure‚ he becomes drowsy and starts gasping. You quickly intubate him with some difficulty‚ prolonging
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