Documentation/Coding Emergency Department Patient Safety 
Pediatric EM Morsels
OCTOBER 27, 2023
James Broselow, a family medicine-turned-emergency medicine physician from Hickory, North Carolina , recognized that his team spent a lot of time trying to calculate doses of medications rather than spending their mental energy on the actual medical decisions for the resuscitation. Prehosp Emerg Care. Int J Emerg Med.
AENJ: Current Issue
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Pressure injuries (PIs) are an important quality and patient safety metric for health care organizations. PI monitoring and treatment are often overlooked in the emergency department (ED). Emergency care professionals must be proactive about PI early identification and prevention strategies.
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Emergency Medicine Journal
AUGUST 23, 2023
In 2020, 111 First was introduced to triage patients before entry to the ED and to offer direct booking for patients needing ED or urgent care into same-day arrival time slots. 111 First continues to be used post pandemic, but concerns about patient safety, delays or inequities in accessing care have been voiced.
EMDocs
AUGUST 22, 2024
12 How do we address these disparities in the emergency department? As providers, we must advocate for systemic and individual changes to improve care for NELP patients. Educating patients on their rights. This is commonly seen with Deaf patients who communicate using American Sign Language and require an ASL interpreter.
EMDocs
JUNE 13, 2024
The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. Doctors and nurses rarely use the written medication instructions in the EHR, but we always verbally warn every patient about watching for diarrhea when an antibiotic is prescribed. EM, April 2011.
EMDocs
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
The goal of MMI-LFL is to improve patient safety, educate physicians and reduce the cost and stress of medical malpractice lawsuits. The radiologist finds significant cardiomegaly and sends a report to both the ED and the patient’s PCP. It wasn’t, so you weren’t called, nor did the doc need to document anything.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
MARCH 14, 2024
The most recent study found a NPV of 100% of triage ECGs labeled ‘normal’ or ‘otherwise normal’ for final hospital diagnosis of ACS, and concluded that avoiding physician interruption would “alleviate interruptions in workflow and improve patient safety.” It is well known that NOMI usually has a normal ECG or nonspecific ECG.
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