At HIMSS in Orlando this year, the Interoperability Showcase used the story of a fictitious family of four – including a newborn and covering three generations – who were in a serious auto accident. The oldest, a 62-year-old grandfather named Charles Gorden, needed trauma care. His pregnant daughter went into premature labor. In the trauma […]
I met Nadine Levick, MD, at Datapalooza in June. She is the research director and CEO of EMS Safety Foundation. It was one of those conversations during which most of my replies were, “Wow, I didn’t know that,” or “Really?” She told me about her Foundation and its work to modernize the design of the […]
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Talk about empathy. It was impossible not to feel it for both the patients and the hospital staff in The Waiting Room, a documentary that aired on PBS last night. The film follows patients and hospital staff through 24 hours in the overcrowded Emergency Department of a charity hospital stretched to beyond its limits. More […]
In a project that falls somewhere between “are they serious?” and “hmm, that’s an interesting idea,” a team in Germany has come up with a way to use a drone to deliver a defibrillator to someone having a heart attack. The technology organization Definetz has reportedly worked with drone maker Height Tech and defibrillator manufacturer […]
Reflectance Medical, Inc. has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a noninvasive device that could help clinicians determine whether a patient is in shock or pre-shock or has tissue acidosis in real time at the point of injury or care. It’s the only noninvasive pHm monitoring device, and aims to save providers money by reducing ICU […]
Insightful new healthcare research from the RAND Corp. emphasizes the growing influence on healthcare spending based on decisions made by the 4 percent of U.S. physicians who work in emergency rooms. Commissioned by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund, the new analysis proposes that emergency physicians serve as the major decision makers for nearly half of […]
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The pair of explosions near the finish line at yesterday’s Boston Marathon sent more than 100 patients – several of them in serious or critical condition – to unexpecting area hospitals. The way those patients were dispersed among the hospitals shows good coordination and planning on the part of the city and emergency responders, said […]
Two out of five U.S. physicians experience burnout, citing bureaucratic tasks, long hours and the impact of healthcare reform as the top reasons. Loss of enthusiasm for work, feelings of cynicism or a low sense of personal accomplishment were most prevalent among emergency medicine, critical care and family medicine physicians. That’s alarming because those doctors […]