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U.S. hospital ICU admissions up 50 percent since 2002
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 days ago
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Admissions to U.S. hospital intensive care units jumped 50 percent from 2002 to 2009, but researchers are not sure why. Lead author Peter Mullins of George Washington University's School of Public Health and Health Services and colleagues found ICU
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A&E must change says senior doctor
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
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A&E must change' says Ulster Hospital's clinical director Sean McGovern Sean McGovern is the clinical director of emergency medicine at the Ulster Hospital in Dundonald A senior doctor in charge of one of Northern Ireland's busiest A&E units has
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A&E demand unsustainable - watchdog
London :: United Kingdom | 11 days ago
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Care Quality Commission chairman David Prior said there was no guarantee that another disaster like that at Stafford Hospital could not happen in future. Hundreds of people are thought to have died after receiving poor care there. Mr Prior's comments
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Hospital left old man waiting for hours (NZ Newswire)
Auckland :: New Zealand | 11 days ago
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Hospital left old man waiting for hours NZ Newswire May 9, 2013, 4:01 am MidCentral Health is defending its care of an 82-year-old man who New Zealand First says waited several hours in Palmerston North Hospital and left without seeing a doctor. NZ
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Urgent Care Clinics Filling a Growing Need
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 days ago
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They stumble upon it, feeling queasy walking down the street one day or having just taken a fall. Emergency rooms are the first place we think of when a sudden mishap befalls us. No bloodied hero in the movies ever shouts, Take me to an urgent care
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ER Visits for Urinary Tract Infections Add Almost $4 Billion a Year in Unnecessary Health Care Costs
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
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Giving patients better access to primary health care could save nearly $4 billion a year in unnecessary emergency room visits for a single common complaint urinary tract infections according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford
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Diagnosis, Treatment of Common Outpatient Disorder Adds $238 Million a Year in ER Costs
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 15 days ago
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A relatively common urinary tract disorder that can usually be managed in an outpatient setting is adding an estimated $238 million a year to the cost of emergency room visits in the U.S., according to two new studies from Henry Ford Hospital in
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Would an ad influence your decision to go to the ER?
London :: United Kingdom | 18 days ago
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Dial 911 for an ambulance to take you to the emergency department (ED)?...I came across this image on Facebook part of a British campaign launched in late 2011 by the Leicester region of the National Health Service (NHS) in response to winter
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NextGen Healthcare Selected by T-System to Bolster Revenue Cycle
Horsham :: PA :: USA | 27 days ago
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T-System, Inc. , will deploy NextGen® Practice Management to help drive revenue cycle management billing for its clients, which span across the U.S. T-System, a leader in clinical, business and IT solutions for emergency care, last year introduced
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Curb prescription drug abuse by following Mayor Bloomberg
New York City :: NY :: USA | 29 days ago
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One of the biggest culprits is opioid painkillers, such as Oxycontin and Percocet. Shockingly, more than 200 million of these types of drugs are prescribed annually, and they account for more than 16,000 deaths a year. And for every death,
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