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Web Exclusive: ED Management Strategies Linked to Revenue Recovery
 Limiting the length of time patients are boarded in the emergency department and occasionally postponing elective...
Speeding Patient Discharges Safely
Using a multi-disciplinary approach, Yale-New haven Hospital has adopted a number of methods to ensure greater patient...
With NYC ambulances stuck in snow, city resorted to triage
As a blizzard bore down on New York City on Sunday and Monday, 911 dispatchers fielded tens of thousands of calls...
ED Docs Fret About H1N1 Strain on Resources
Nearly 90% of more than 1,000 emergency physicians say they have concerns about their emergency department's ability to...
Hospitals use drive-thrus for swine flu
Hospitals are opening drive-thrus and drive-up tent clinics to screen and treat a swelling tide of swine flu patients...
Swine flu concerns keep Children's ER in Dallas busy
Panicky parents and their sick children overflowed the emergency room on September 23 at Children's Medical Center...
At the hospital, the faces of fear and swine flu
Parents in New York City have turned to hospital emergency rooms as the swine flu scare continues in the city. With...
Emergency rooms fill with record numbers, but many aren't ill, just afraid
Some hospital emergency rooms have seen record-breaking numbers of patients as those with coughs, sore throats, and...
Swine flu scare gives hospital a practice run
In the emergency room at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, the triage was simple: Those complaining of flu symptoms...
Hospitals swamped amid flu fears
The widening outbreak of swine flu, also known as H1N1 flu, is exposing a potentially critical hole in the nation's...

Book: Critical Thinking in the Emergency Department:
This easy-to-read resource explains the principles behind critical thinking and how to encourage nurses to use critical...
Book: The Hospital Executive's Guide to Emergency Department Management
With 50-70 percent of hospital admissions coming through the emergency department, it’s the key driver of profitability...
Webcast: Transform Your ED into a Profit Center
As the major source of admissions, your ED is poised to be a serious revenue driver, or drain. Get in-the-trenches...
Webcast: Violence in Healthcare: Proven Strategies to Keep Your Facility Safe
Despite Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alerts and OSHA guidance, violence in healthcare is on the rise. Your workplace...