Emergency Care

Clinics that provide timely care for patients with transient ischemic attacks can be an effective alternative to hospitalization in the prevention of future incidence of stroke, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries, hospitalizations for hypertensive emergencies more than doubled from 1999 to 2019, according to data presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

A transport policy for emergency medical services resulted in a substantial and swift increase in rates of endovascular therapy after acute ischemic stroke, according to findings from a single-center study published in JAMA Neurology.

Texas legislators passed a bill with bipartisan support that mandates end-stage renal disease facilities develop contingency plans in the event that emergencies like natural disasters cause power outages that disrupt delivery of care.

Disparities in race, ethnicity, health insurance, income and population density played a role in patient proximity to certified stroke care, researchers reported.

Racial and ethnic disparities for hospitalizations and ED visits related to COVID-19 persisted through the end of last year, according to two new MMWR reports.

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated a list of the most-read news on racial disparities in CV health and care.

During a recent shift in the ED, Nida F. Degesys, MD, redonned her used duckbill N95 mask and thought to herself, “Does this mask still fit my face properly?”

Out-of-network billing has substantially increased among privately insured patients for both inpatient and ED visits, even when they go to in-network hospitals, according to study results published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The last few weeks of summer can be an exceptionally difficult time to find an epinephrine auto-injector in some parts of the country, an allergist told Healio Primary Care.