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Plan would share ER info to save time, money The Columbus Dispatch Share     When you arrive at a hospital emergency room, doctors want to know the medications you take and whether you are allergic to anything; they want to see the MRI you just had at another hospital. You might not be awake or recall such details and, right now, the information isn't shared electronically by hospitals in different health systems. That can cost time as the emergency staff tries to piece together your health history, and maybe money, if doctors order a second MRI. That's why three nonprofit groups are working to electronically connect the 11 emergency departments across central Ohio. More
Scott Brown reaction: Win a health care referendum CBS News Share
Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts Senate special election is a repudiation of President Obama's health care reform package, political analysts, commentators and politicians widely agree. That assessment is that much more sobering for Democrats in light of the fact that Brown takes over the seat held by Sen. Ted Kennedy, who spent his life fighting for health care reform. Yet according to exit poll data collected by a private Republican firm, Politico reports, 42 percent of Massachusetts voters said they voted to help stop the Democrats' health care bill. More Questions raised at hearing on UMCs emergency room procedures Las Vegas Review Journal Share
Even if a hospital offers the best patient care in the world, it doesn’t make a difference if patients can’t get to the physicians. That was the message delivered by Sen. Valerie Wiener, D-Las Vegas, chairwoman of the state legislative committee on health care, to physicians and administrators at University Medical Center in a fact-finding hearing last week. More Doctors to rate Medicare contractors amednews.com Share
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services wants to hear from physicians and other health care professionals about their experiences with Medicare contractors. CMS is sending the fifth annual Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey to roughly 30,000 randomly selected program participants nationwide, including physicians, suppliers and institutional facilities. More Drive-through emergency service effective response to pandemic Health News Digest.com Share
Your car can be an effective examination room--one that prevents the spread of infectious diseases from patient to patient, and from patient to caregiver. That's the conclusion of a study that physicians at Stanford Hospital & Clinics conducted last fall to test a model drive-through emergency department. The research was prompted by the expectation of a spike in visits to emergency rooms in the event of a serious flu pandemic. The results are published Jan. 13 in the online Annals of Emergency Medicine. More Families can now activate rapid response team Nashville Public Radio Share
A growing number of hospitals are giving families of patients a new tool to call for emergency help. Now, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, they can contact the hospital’s rapid response team without waiting for a nurse to assess the situation. The team of doctors and nurses has the job of handling emergencies when a patient's own physician isn't there or needs extra help. More |
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