This is an opinion editorial by Ricardo Martinez, MD, the chief medical officer of Adeptus on how free-standing Emergency Departments can help improve access to emergency care. Hospital-based emergency departments in the U.S. continue to be overwhelmed with more patients each year, while the number of facilities decreases. This trend places an immense burden on… Read More
This article in The August 8, 2016 issue of JAMA looks at the effects of the ACA and Medicaid expansion on several factors relating access of care and health improvement. Interestingly this article compares two different Medicaid expansion programs and a state where there were no expansions undertaken. Specifically, the study looked at Kentucky, Arkansas,… Read More
The majority of hospitals in the United States use the ESI triage tool. This tool Acad Emerg Med. 2010 Mar;17(3):238-43. doi: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00670.x.Accuracy of the Emergency Severity Index triage instrument for identifying elder emergency department patients receiving an immediate life-saving intervention. Platts-Mills TF1, Travers D, Biese K, McCall B, Kizer S, LaMantia M, Busby-Whitehead J, Cairns… Read More
In the past year, I have been pulled into two flight emergencies. Over the past 20 years, I have been involved in at least a half dozen flight emergencies. Fortunately, the outcome as far as I know it has been very good for the patients but many of these cases are not without anxiety and… Read More
