More about

Emergency Department

News
December 07, 2020
2 min read
Save

Steep decline in pediatric ED visits for asthma during COVID-19 shutdown

Steep decline in pediatric ED visits for asthma during COVID-19 shutdown

Pediatric ED visits for asthma in Massachusetts decreased 80% this year during the spring COVID-19 surge and lockdown, researchers reported in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

News
December 04, 2020
3 min read
Save

Q&A: COVID-19 pandemic accelerates integration of palliative, ED care

Q&A: COVID-19 pandemic accelerates integration of palliative, ED care

Health care systems have previously acknowledged the importance of — but rarely implemented — strategies for integrating palliative care into ED care, researchers wrote in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.

News
October 29, 2020
4 min read
Save

ED physician’s death by suicide sparks dialogue on culture, policy changes

Stigma and potential career consequences may prevent ED physicians from seeking mental health care, according to poll data discussed during an American College of Emergency Physicians’ teleconference.

News
October 19, 2020
1 min read
Save

Black patients older than 80 years may be at high risk for return ED visit after THA, TKA

Black patients older than 80 years may be at high risk for return ED visit after THA, TKA

Black race, age older than 80 years and multiple comorbidities are independent risk factors for unplanned emergency department visits after total hip and knee arthroplasties, according to published results.

News
September 28, 2020
1 min read
Save

Multidisciplinary Patient Pathways committee reduces avoidable ED admission

ED-administered dialysis treatments decreased by 82% in three hospital systems that adopted a DaVita quality improvement program and tracked ED admissions during a 12-month period.

News
August 18, 2020
3 min read
Save

Allergy-related ED visits rising; four ways PCPs can help reverse trend

Allergy-related ED visits rising; four ways PCPs can help reverse trend

Allergy-related ED visits increased 14% in the United States between 2007 and 2015, researchers wrote in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

News
August 13, 2020
2 min read
Save

ED visits for mental health have increased significantly in past decade

ED visits for mental health have increased significantly in past decade

Mental health-related emergency department utilization significantly increased in the past decade, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

News
August 03, 2020
3 min read
Save

Huntsman Cancer Institute’s oncology hospital-at-home program reduces ED visits, costs

Huntsman Cancer Institute’s oncology hospital-at-home program reduces ED visits, costs

Home-based oncology care for patients with cancer has become a necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has been rapidly adopted since the novel coronavirus outbreak began.

News
July 06, 2020
3 min read
Save

Negative perceptions of ED care a barrier for patients with sickle cell disease

Negative perceptions of ED care a barrier for patients with sickle cell disease

Negative perceptions of care in the ED setting appeared to be a barrier to seeking care among adolescents and adults with sickle cell disease, according to results of a prospective survey-based study published in JAMA Network Open.

News
July 01, 2020
2 min read
Save

Emergency transfers for STEMI, stroke reduced during pandemic

Emergency transfers for STEMI, stroke reduced during pandemic

Daily emergency transfers for STEMI and stroke within the Cleveland Clinic regional health system dropped significantly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers reported.

View more