A Novel Response to Emergency Treatment & Transport
Currently, Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) pays for ambulance services only when patients are...
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Emergency Medicine
CDC: Decline Noted in ED Visits During Early Pandemic Period
FRIDAY, June 5, 2020 (HealthDay News) — During the early pandemic era, there was a decrease...
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CME: Characterizing Emergency Department Visits in Patients With Cancer
This course reviews a study that sought to establish a benchmark description of 1,075 patients...
Read MoreICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 targets more than just the lungs. New research shows it also penetrates the brain, complicating treatment and risking lifelong damage. And the pandemic limits hospitals from running MRIs or other tests on coronavirus patients.
Read MoreSuicide, Gun Ownership Go Hand in Hand
Study: The risk of suicide is greatest in first 30 days after acquiring a gun Owning a gun greatly increases the risk that it will be used for suicide, according to a special report in The New England Journal of Medicine....
Read MoreASCO: At-Home Ovarian, Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Feasible
Testing without the traditional office visits and counseling poses no additional stress to women
Read MoreASCO: Drop in Cancer Mortality Greater With Medicaid Expansion
Estimated 785 fewer cancer deaths in 2017 in states that expanded Medicaid
Read More May 2020 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency...
Read More Italian Health Care Workers’ Mental Health Suffering During COVID-19
MONDAY, June 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Health care workers (HCWs) in Italy who treated...
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