News tagged with hospital emergency department
Critical care outside hospital 'incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent' across UK
The critical care expertise available before a severely injured person can be admitted to hospital is "incomplete, unpredictable, and inconsistent," shows research published online in Emergency Medicine Journal.
Mar 23, 2011 |
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Calling it in: New emergency medical service system may predict caller's fate
Japanese researchers have developed a computer program which may be able tell from an emergency call if you are about to die. Research published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Medicine shows that a computer algori ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Pediatrics: Kids need specialized care in hospital emergency departments
According to a recent IOM report, only 6 percent of U.S. hospital emergency departments are fully equipped to properly care for children. With high rates of novel H1N1 (swine) flu expected this winter, the time to address ...
Medicine & Health / Pediatrics
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Majority of unintended incidents in the ER are caused by human error
Sixty percent of the causes of unintended incidents in the emergency department that could have compromised patient safety are related to human failures, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Emergency Me ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Will safety net hospitals survive health reform?
(AP) -- Janie Johnson has no health insurance, so when she cut her toe while giving herself a pedicure, she limped to the emergency room at one of Chicago's safety net hospitals and waited her turn.
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Aging with GRACE: New health care delivery model improves outcomes, saves money
A team approach to preventive healthcare delivery for older adults developed by researchers from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute improves health and quality of life, decreased emergency department ...
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Racial disparities in emergency department length of stay point to added risks for minority patients
Sick or injured African-American patients wait about an hour longer than patients of other races before being transferred to an inpatient hospital bed following emergency room visits, according to a new national study published ...
Mar 05, 2009 |
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