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Three die after medical transport plane crash
By Associated Press | November 29, 2011
Three people are dead after a plane transporting a medical patient crashed in the backyard of a suburban Chicago home.
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Emergency room use reaches a record high
By Andis Robeznieks | October 18, 2011 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Visits to hospital emergency departments increased to an all-time high of 136 million in 2009, according to estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This represents almost a 10% increase from the 2008 figure of 123.8 million.
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Doctor 911 | Rural areas seek expanded roles for paramedics
By Paul Barr | August 22, 2011 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Rural communities are at the center of an effort to broaden the role of emergency medical personnel in healthcare by giving specially trained paramedics the ability to work as primary caregivers in selected situations and settings.
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Video News Short: ACEP's Schneider on political and practical challenges facing emergency medicine (4:43)
By Modern Healthcare | June 27, 2011
Dr. Sandra Schneider, president of the American College of Emergency Physicians, explains the motives behind the group's new "Just 2%" public relations campaign with Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda. Schneider also comments on the impact of healthcare reform on emergency-room use and on...
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Hospital groups urge CMS to maintain current EMTALA policy
By Jessica Zigmond | February 22, 2011 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The nation's hospital groups have sent letters to the CMS urging the agency to maintain its current policy on applying the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA, to hospital inpatients.
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Docs wary of hospitals' role in medical homes
By Andis Robeznieks | December 20, 2010
When the patient-centered medical home care-delivery model arrived at the industry's doorstep a few years back, the concern by some was that the concept's potential for savings would come at the expense of medical specialists who would see fewer patients. But as data from pilot medical home...
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Budget cuts seen threatening emergency preparedness
By Paul Barr | December 14, 2010
Budget cuts at federal, state and local levels are threatening the country's ability to respond to public health emergencies at basic levels, says a report from Trust for America's Health and funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Chronic disease getting scant attention in many countries: report
By Shawn Rhea | November 10, 2010
Just a small percentage of low- and middle-income countries' healthcare budgets are allocated toward the treatment and prevention of chronic diseases even though such illnesses are expected to account for 69% of global deaths by 2030, according to a paper being published on TheLancet.com.
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Aiming for ACO designation in Mo.
By Vince Galloro | October 25, 2010
Washington, D.C., has been and remains the epicenter of the healthcare reform law. Washington, Mo., however, may offer proof that the law can bring about major delivery reform.
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Moonlighting New Orleans EMS chief resigns
By Associated Press | October 03, 2010 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The director of New Orleans' emergency medical services has resigned after reports of moonlighting at a Texas medical device company whose leading product is used in the city's ambulances.
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