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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2009
Cancelling elective surgeries, increasing respiratory beds, and ignoring patients' insurance status will do little to manage a moderate influenza outbreak, and much less to abate a severe one that may strike Los Angeles County. A recently released report predicts that a moderate outbreak of influenza will increase emergency room visits by 201,800, or by 15%, in a 25-week scenario. In a more severe model of an influenza epidemic, ED visits will rise by nearly 500,000, or about 37%.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2009
Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts emergency physicians report more patients are seeking emergency care as result of state healthcare reforms, and nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts residents say their ED wait times have increased or remained the same, according to two polls.
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By: Matt Phillion, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2009
The Joint Commission has released the prepublication versions of its 2010 standards for all programs, now available online. The Joint Commission traditionally unveils the standards for the coming year a month or more in advance. These will remain posted until December 1, 2009, at which point both the electronic (e-dition) and print version of the 2010 manual will be distributed to hospitals.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, October 7, 2009
Beginning next month, physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers in Ohio will have the opportunity to tackle the time and expense of "the paperwork monster" when health plans in the state introduce a new Web portal designed to streamline tasks such as billing, confirming eligibility, and referrals to other physicians or services.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2009
Physicians and other healthcare professionals are looking at a very distinct possibility that they will soon be asked to work harder for more people and probably not make as much money.
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By: Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media, October 6, 2009
The healthcare industry won't realize the full value of its investment in EHRs until it finds secondary uses for all of the data being captured, according to a new report.
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By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, October 5, 2009
A few weeks ago, in a non-descript ballroom at a nice Boston hotel, I experienced what I can honestly say was one of the highlights of my career.
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