Don't Forget the Bubbles

JUNE 17, 2024

In such situations, ‘soft skills’ such as teamwork, compassionate leadership, strong interpersonal communication, and psychological safety are essential. Barriers to reporting include a lack of awareness of reporting mechanisms, fear of repercussions on professional reputation, and a lack of proactive leadership support.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

JANUARY 16, 2024

Ziqitza Healthcare , under the visionary leadership of its founder, Sweta Mangal , has emerged as a pioneer in the healthcare sector, embracing a sustainable and eco-friendly approach to emergency medical services. Electric ambulances offer several advantages, including reduced noise pollution and lower operating costs.

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33 Charts

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Traditionally, the strategy for healthcare leadership has been based in logic around known options and variables. And uncertainty is the new core operating condition for healthcare leaders. As doctors and healthcare leaders we have traditionally operated in a field of relative certainty. This is new territory for us.

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ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Vetted details, unparalleled access, and actionable insights about group structure, leadership, policies and more, make ACEP Open Book an indispensable resource. Learn more at openbook.acep.org.

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ACEP Now

JUNE 14, 2024

Two years ago, an ACEP Now article covered the issue of transfer challenges resulting from early pandemic operations. 1 As fresh challenges of the pandemic and hospital operations changed emergency medicine practice, one of the more challenging areas was the movement of admitted patients out of the first emergency department (ED).

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 7, 2024

Moreover, compliance with HIPAA helps healthcare providers avoid substantial fines and legal penalties associated with data breaches, thereby maintaining compliance with federal standards and ensuring the smooth operation of their practices. It ensures healthcare providers operate ethically.

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Ziqitza HealthCare Ltd

OCTOBER 21, 2023

As an example, Ziqitza Rajasthan , a subsidiary of Ziqitza Healthcare , has collaborated with the­ Rajasthan government to operate the 108 Ambulance Service­. By pooling resources, e­xpertise, and infrastructure through these partnerships, more effective and sustainable healthcare solutions can be achieve­d.

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ACEP Now

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The summit participants examined the multifactorial causes of boarding through the lens of transparency, regulatory challenges, mental health, financial drivers, operational modifications, workforce, and other categories. ACEP leadership on difficult issues like this is invigorating emergency physicians across the country.

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Mind The Bleep

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Scottish Mountain Rescue (SMR) is an umbrella organisation, with teams the final decider of how they operate. Team equipment, procedures, training schedules/frequency, and skill mix vary between teams greatly. So MRTs are so much more than an emergency rescue service. So many skills are required other than clinical ones.

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ALiEM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

She likes teaching, but are not sure residency or medical student education leadership is for her. The same goes for clinical operations and research – interesting, but there hasn’t been any “a ha” moment to illuminate her calling. Yes… and also for faculty just like you. Let’s start with the obligatory definition of coaching.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Awake fiberoptic intubation where the patient consents, co-operative AND the airway is prepared with local anaesthesia. When there is an immediate threat to life (e.g., in cardiac arrest where the time taken to site a line may lead to preventable neurological damage). What are the potential physiological sequelae?

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33 Charts

OCTOBER 2, 2021

The fundamental problem: we turned on 24/7/365 access for patients (who of course like it) with no operational or business model to handle it. How we are charged to use (or not use) a certain technology has to be a new priority of medical leadership. Crucial that we fix this.

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PHEM Cast

APRIL 19, 2016

Remember this, especially when managing adolescents; children may not be as interactive or as co-operative as you would expect for their age. Recent report covering the last 2 years of TARN data: [link] When children are injured/ill and scared they regress. Significant cervical spine injury in children is exceptionally rare.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

This second interview, conducted toward the conclusion of Dr. Aisha Terry’s tenure as President, reviews her goal of strengthening the leadership pipeline for the College and follows up on challenges that arose during the past 12 months. One of the things you wanted to accomplish was talking about the leadership pipeline for ACEP.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 28, 2024

But much of IEP’s leadership trained or worked at Ascension St. With plenty of warning from the union, TeamHealth and the hospital implemented contingency staffing plans to keep the ED fully operational. It remains to be seen how this will affect the local union’s status, Dr. Wiener said. John and thus is familiar with its culture. “We

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

She is Vice Chair for Admin & Operations for EMRA and Editor for Urgent Matters. Karen Hou Chung, MD is a PGY-4 resident in emergency medicine at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She is interested in a wide variety of topics related to health equity and population health.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

26 With regards to penetrating neck injuries, particularly those in which the platysma is violated, CTA of the neck has allowed a shift away from mandatory operative exploration of Zone 2 neck wounds (those in the mid-neck). 32 Table 2 : Memphis Criteria.

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PulmCCM

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

When one surgeon refused, she said workers were ordered to find a different surgeon who would perform the operation. UNOS has been criticized for suboptimal management of the increasingly complex system, which critics attribute to its monopoly over organ donation operations.

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