EMDocs

AUGUST 22, 2024

13 Interventions may include: Ascertaining a patient’s preferred language early in the clinical encounter (during registration, for instance), and clearly documenting this preference in a place that is visible to all providers. Educating patients on their rights. Utilizing certified interpreters and documenting their use.

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Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Federal Emergency Management Agency Best Practices 94

EMDocs

JULY 25, 2024

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. 0321 : During triage one of the officers informs the nurse of the patient’s detailed suicide plan. There is no documented handoff to the on-coming emergency physician (EP) who assumes care.

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Documentation/Coding Hospitals Patient Safety Emergency Department 94

EMDocs

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. ” The tech cleans the wound and documents it as 2cm long and “ dirty.” I thought they were incidental “ bone islands” so I didn ’ t document them. I just didn ’ t document it.

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Documentation/Coding Radiology Radiology Patient Safety 77

Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

He, along with Dr. Bob Luten, a PEM physician in Jacksonville, FL , designed the Broselow-Luten color-coded length-based system to help estimate a child’s weight, and thereby offload the cognitive burden of medication dosing and choice of equipment sizes in pediatric resuscitations. .” 2019 Jan;22(1):147-156. x exp[0.02

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Pediatrics Resuscitation Documentation/Coding Wellness 269

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Managing and caring for aggressive patients may involve calling for security or physical and chemical restraints, but these interventions are temporary and have potential to further harm patients physically and mentally. A 2019 literature review summarized seven studies describing the creation and implementation of BERT teams.

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Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Psychiatric Best Practices 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 1, 2023

The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. Recent data published in Annals showed that between 2013 and 2019, the percentage of clinicians working in rural areas who were emergency physicians actually dropped slightly. Every patient in a U.S.

Emergency Department 98

Emergency Department EMS Critical Access Hospitals 98

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MARCH 22, 2019

Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. You have ambulances ramping and patients queuing at triage. Date: March 20th, 2019 Guest Skeptic: Dr.Katie Walker is an emergency physician in Melbourne, Australia. Case: The emergency department is backing up.

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Emergency Department Documentation/Coding Dislocations Research 52