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emergency rooms
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Family doc wins MacArthur Foundation award for work with high utilizers of ER, inpatient care
“Right now we have a passive medical system that waits for you to come to it. What we need to…
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Decisions on Medicaid expansion could affect demands for ER care
Now that Medicaid expansion is uncertain in a number of states, it’s likely that some low-income people who might have…
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Assessing acute care in America
The New York Times‘ Kevin Sack reports on a Health Affairs study that explores “acute medical care,” particularly initial visits…
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151 hospitals use Tasers to control unruly patients
In the wake of allegations that the nephew of a supreme court justice was Tased in a Louisiana hospital, The…
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Reform may worsen ER crowding
Associated Press medical reporter Carla K. Johnson has found that, contrary to common assumptions, emergency rooms could become even more…
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Rounding up some of the latest health coverage
With good topics for the blog flooding in and a short holiday week to get them all posted, I’m taking…