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- ED leader: Scribes have many benefits. // Healthcare Benchmarks & Quality Improvement;May2009, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p56
The article reports on the financial benefits of the decision of Laguna Hills, California-based Saddleback Memorial Medical Center to hire scribes for its two emergency departments (ED). The decision eliminated the hiring of physician assistants and saved the five-hospital system a significant...
- Development of the Emergency Room Patient Record in Theodor Bilharz Research Institute Hospital. EL-LAWENDI, Mona; EL-AYYAT, Afaf; ZAYED, Mouchira; ABDELWADOUD, Moaz // Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries;2012, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p434
The primary aim of this study was to improve the quality of medical care in Theodor Bilharz Research Institute Hospital (TBRIH) through development of the most appropriate emergency room patient record. A hospital based interventional study was conducted in the period from October 2009 to May...
- Improved Data Quality by Pen Computer—Assisted Emergency Room Data Recording Following Major Trauma. Helm, Matthias; Kulla, Martin; Hauke, Jens; Wieland, Volker; Lampl, Lorenz // European Journal of Trauma;Jun2005, Vol. 31 Issue 3, p252
Background: Quality management is a decisive factor in optimizing the treatment of major trauma cases. In this context high-quality data recording is of fundamental importance. Regarding data quality, "on-line" — especially pen computer-based — recording techniques are favored. Up...
- Emergency Department Access to a Longitudinal Medical Record. Hripcsak, George; Sengupta, Soumitra; Wilcox, Adam; Green, Robert A. // Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association;Mar/Apr2007, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p235
Our goal is to assess how clinical information from previous visits is used in the emergency department. We used detailed user audit logs to measure access to different data types. We found that clinician-authored notes and laboratory and radiology data were used most often (common data types...
- Evaluation of a regional trauma registry. Datta, Indraneel; Findlay, Christi; Kortbeek, John B.; Hameed, S. Morad // Canadian Journal of Surgery;Jun2007, Vol. 50 Issue 3, p210
Background: For decades, trauma registries have been the primary source of data for resource allocation, quality improvement efforts and hypothesis-generating research in trauma care. Surprisingly, the quality and completion of data in these registries has rarely been reported. In preparation...
- Predictors of hospitalization for injection drug users seeking care for soft tissue infections. Takahashi, Traci A.; Baernstein, Amy; Binswanger, Ingrid; Bradley, Katharine; Merrill, Joseph O. // JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine;Mar2007, Vol. 22 Issue 3, p382
Background: Soft tissue infections (STIs) from injection drug use are a common cause of Emergency Department visits, hospitalizations, and operating room procedures, yet little is known about factors that may predict the need for these costly medical services.Objective:... - Here's one card you hope you can leave home without. Mortland, Shannon // Crain's Cleveland Business;12/6/2004, Vol. 25 Issue 49, p22
The article presents information on Akron General Medical Center patients who soon will have one more card to carry that holds their personal information. The hospital launched the Very Important Patient Card, which holds the patient's identification information. The card can be presented when...
- Don't Automatically Assign Comprehensive History. // E/M Coding Alert;Aug2013, Vol. 1 Issue 6, pp45
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- Visits to the Emergency Department as Transactional Data. Cerrito, Patricia B.; Pecoraro, David // Journal of Healthcare Management;Nov/Dec2005, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p389
Patients arrive at the hospital emergency department for treatment on a random basis. The amount of time required for treatment is a function of the triage level, the patient diagnosis, and the congestion that exists in the emergency department (ED) at the time of patient arrival. The...
