emergency medicine
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CMO
How RWJBarnabas Health Improved Emergency Department Efficiency
Emergency rooms are indispensable patient front doors for health systems and hospitals, and efficiency improves patient and staff experience.
Innovation
Lost in Translation: Interpreter Cutbacks Could Put Patient Lives on the Line
What happens when those who need help are too frightened to ask?
CNO
HL Shorts: How to Implement Virtual Nursing in the Emergency Department
There are a few different use cases for virtual nursing in the emergency department, says this CNE.
Payer
Dems Say OBBBA Cuts Threaten 338 Rural Hospitals. Here's the List.
A new analysis predicts the GOP funding cuts would be catastrophic for rural hospitals that rely on Medicare, Medicaid, and...
CMO
The Exec: AdventHealth CMO Shares Keys to Success in Expanding Hospital Service Lines
Knowing your market and enlisting primary stakeholders early in the process is essential to expanding service lines, this hospital CMO...
Payer
Bill of the Month: A Medicaid Patient Had a Heart Attack While Traveling. He Owed Almost $78K.
A South Dakota hospital refused to bill to a Florida Medicaid plan, instead sending it to the patient with a...
CMO
Podcast: An Arm and a Leg: Why 'The Pitt' Is Our Fave New Drama
People who work in real-life emergency rooms have raved about how the new TV drama "The Pitt" accurately captures the...
Revenue Cycle
ED Revenues Are Falling. Can Hospitals Reverse This Trend?
A new RAND report finds that reimbursement for Emergency Department services is declining, and emergency care could be at risk...
Innovation
AI For the ED Aims to Make 'Order Out of Chaos'
Hospitals are testing AI in the Emergency Department, where clinicians face high rates of burnout and need tools to help...
Innovation
AI Is Saving Lives in Stroke Treatment
In Alaska, where access to specialist care is challenging and emergency transfers can be harrowing, providers are using AI to...
Innovation
Hospital Gun-Violence Prevention Programs May Be Caught in Funding Crossfire
At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring program supports gun-violence patients and their families at the hospital.
CMO
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
To chart the scope of pregnancy-related infections, ProPublica purchased and analyzed seven years of Texas' hospital discharge data.