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In the holding tank
2 hours ago ago from See Jane Nurse
A few weeks back I was pulled to work in the emergency department to care for the patients that have been admitted to the hospital but have not been assigned to a unit or bed related to the fact that there were no beds available. This is not uncommon when the hospital fills up to maximum capacity and yet there are still more sick people who require hospital admission. I have mulled over this debacle many times, have been pulled to emergency ...
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1 day ago ago from Glorfindel of Gondolin
Does this remind you of any hospitals in your area? Here's one game that I hope the new health care bill will help to stop hospitals cherry-picking insured patients to improve their payer mix. If there's one easy-to-understand feature of our current health care industry, it's that everyone is always complaining that they don't have any money. But that can't possibly be right, can it? Take hospitals. For those of you in the ...
Related contentLabour's A&E waiting time targets "exposed as a sham"
15 hours ago ago from LeftWatch
From today s Daily Mail : No one is supposed to wait more than four hours in hospital casualty departments before being treated - but patients are waiting far longer and one was not treated for 32 days. Evidence collected by the Tories shows that hospitals often put patients in curtained-off emergency assessment units - where they are still waiting but do not count towards the A E target because they are technically no longer on the ...
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21 hours ago ago from No Time To Teach
Here’s another reason to evaluate understanding of your patient education through teach-back and return demonstration. If you ask a patient if he understands or if he has any questions, he may express confident comfort in his knowledge, but may actually not understand at all. In one study, 140 adult English-speaking patients discharged from emergency departments in 2 health systems were asked to rate their subjective understanding of ...
Related contentA&E wait tactics ‘under attack’
16 hours ago ago from Medical Business Cafe
By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Hospitals are fiddling a four-hour A&E wait target by using other wards as dumping grounds, the Conservatives say. Data from 114 NHS trusts in England found many patients faced long waits in assessment units which did not count towards the waiting time. Over a fifth of units reported keeping patients longer than the recommended 24 hours with the average wait being 17. Doctors ...
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Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care
20 hours ago ago from The New York Times
LOS ANGELES The Ronald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center, one of the nation's most highly regarded academic hospitals , has earned a reputation as a place where doctors will go to virtually any length and expense to try to save a patient's life. Months to Live Excellence or Excess? This series is examining the promises and challenges of extending, or ending, the lives of very ill patients. Previous Article: Sisters Face Death ...
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