Articles: emergency-services.
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To determine whether the test ordering of physicians working in a teaching hospital emergency department could be influenced by modification of automated laboratory order sets. ⋯ Modification of ED "standard orders" can result in reduction of laboratory use without an adverse effect on patient care.
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Top Health Rec Manage · May 1992
Legal review: the medical records implications of state and federal anti-dumping provisions.
Federal and state enforcement agencies have increased their scrutiny of hospitals to make certain they are complying with anti-dumping law. Medical record practitioners can assist their institutions by providing policies that require appropriate documentation of compliance. Given the potential sanctions imposed by anti-dumping laws, these policies should be reviewed carefully by hospital administrative, medical, and legal personnel.
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To compare formal nurse triage with an informal prioritisation process for waiting times and patient satisfaction. ⋯ This study fails to show the benefits claimed for formal nurse triage. Nurse triage may impose additional delay for patient treatment, particularly among patients needing the most urgent attention.
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To develop decision rules that will predict fractures in patients with ankle injuries, thereby assisting clinicians in being more selective in their use of radiography. ⋯ Highly sensitive decision rules have been developed and will now be validated; these may permit clinicians to confidently reduce the number of radiographs ordered in patients with ankle injuries.