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ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emergency Physicians Medical Group (EPMG) and Emergency Medicine Business Intelligence (EMBI) are pleased to announce that effective June 11, 2012, the two organizations have formed a new partnership which will allow EPMG to offer a powerful, easy-to-use emergency department performance dashboard and analytics solution to its hospital partners. Rodney Smith, MD, EPMG's Chief Medical Officer, notes, "Our new ability to offer the EMBI...

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital will host its annual Pediatric Disaster Preparedness Exercise on Saturday, August 4, 2012 from 9 until 11 am at the hospital. Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital is one of the only hospitals in the area to conduct a pediatric disaster drill using staff members’ children to help make the experience as realistic as possible for the emergency care givers conducting the exercise. Barrington, IL (PRWEB) August 04, 2012 Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital will host its...

DES PLAINES, Ill., July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Gail Lenehan, EdD, MSN, RN FAEN, FAAN, President of the Emergency Nurses Association, on the National Institutes of Health's New Office of Emergency Care Research: "As the national organization representing more than 40,000 emergency nurses, the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) applauds the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for establishing the new Office of Emergency Care Research...

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) today lauded the announcement by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) about the creation of a new Office of Emergency Care Research (OECR) as a gift to emergency patients everywhere. The NIH is the largest federal agency dedicated to medical research. The formation of the OECR has been heralded as a significant...

Adding computed tomography (CT) scans to standard screening procedures may help emergency room staff more rapidly determine which patients complaining of chest pain are having a heart attack or may soon have a heart attack, and which patients can be safely discharged, according to a study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health. Researchers in the study focused on a condition known as acute coronary syndrome, which includes...

Patients released from hospital much faster without increased costs or risk of missed diagnosis Incorporating coronary CT angiography (CCTA) into the initial evaluation of low-risk patients coming to hospital emergency departments (EDs) with chest pain appears to reduce the time patients spend in the hospital without incurring additional costs or exposing patients to significant risks. The report of a study conducted at nine U.S. hospitals appears in the July 26 New England Journal of...

WILMINGTON, Del., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Christiana Care Health System has been named a recipient of a 2012 CIO 100 Award from IDG's CIO magazine for a two-part, break-through communication management and workflow solution, changing the way care is coordinated at one of the busiest emergency departments in the nation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120725/DC46457) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090407/DC95299LOGO) The annual award...

A new feature in Intrigma’s cloud hospital scheduling software will be introduced starting this month. The feature, called the Patient Volume Planner, allows matching clinical staff productivity to expected patient volumes thereby increasing patient throughput. Stony Brook, N.Y (PRWEB) July 24, 2012 Intrigma Inc., a leader in cloud scheduling software for hospitals, announced that its new Patient Volume Planner tool is now in use by the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ochsner...

Bea, President and chief executive officer of Janesville-based Mercy Health System. Janesville, Wisconsin (PRWEB) July 14, 2012 Mercy Health System and Javon Bea, president and chief executive officer are proud to announce that MercyInQuicker.org online waiting room service has received a 90 percent overall patient satisfaction rating. In addition, nine out of ten InQuicker users are seen by a health care professional within 15 minutes of their projected treatment time and would recommend...

JANESVILLE, Wisc., July 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mercy Health System and Javon Bea, president and chief executive officer are proud to announce that MercyInQuicker.org online waiting room service has received a 90 percent overall patient satisfaction rating. In addition, nine out of ten InQuicker users are seen by a health care professional within 15 minutes of their projected treatment time and would recommend InQuicker to family and friends. (Photo:...