Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Balance is defined as the body's ability to maintain its center of mass over the base of support. More importantly, especially when snowstorms hit, being balanced can prevent falls, which can lead to a reduction in injury.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A new study by Indiana University researchers has found that about 45% of patients who visit the emergency department for physical injuries and ailments also have mental health and substance use problems that are often overlooked.

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Altitude Family & Internal Medicine

AUGUST 31, 2024

Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 Follow Up Visits Boost Your Health while Saving You Time and Money The Hidden Benefits of Follow-Up Appointments: How a Simple Visit Can Boost Your Health and Save You Time and Money Navigating a recent hospitalization or emergency room visit can be.

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StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Emergency, as per the all-knowing Webster, is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. What brought you to our emergency room?" Broken bones. To pain control issues.

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NPR Health - Shots

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

She wasn't badly hurt, but they were sent to an emergency room — for a much larger bill. Russell Cook expected a quick, inexpensive visit to an urgent care center for his daughter after a car wreck. Image credit: Audra Melton for KHN)

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NPR Health - Shots

MARCH 28, 2023

A Florida woman tried to dispute an emergency room bill, but the hospital and collection agency refused to talk to her — because it was her child's name on the bill, not hers. Image credit: Zack Wittman/KHN)

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OB Doctor Mom

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An ectopic pregnancy waits in the emergency room. Meanwhile, your pregnant patient in labor and delivery is ready to push, and the office is calling about a postoperative issue on your hysterectomy patient. Such is the life of a busy general obstetrician/gynecologist.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

They are usually older, tend to be women, are often living with dementia and are increasingly being taken to emergency rooms by family members or friends having trouble caring for them.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Adolescents who underwent sleeve gastrectomy, a type of weight-loss surgery that involves removing part of the stomach, were less likely to go the emergency room or be admitted to the hospital in the five years after their operations than those who had their stomachs divided into pouches through gastric bypass surgery, according to new research.

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Medical Xpress

MAY 2, 2023

Emergency room visits for mental health crises spiked among children, teens and young adults from 2011 to 2020, researchers from UConn School of Medicine and other institutions report in the May 2 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Waiting for their turn in the emergency room, dazed-looking parents in winter coats bounced crying children in their arms, trying to catch the eye of Dr. Erica Michiels. Pick us next! they seemed to plead with tired eyes.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California's most at-risk Medicaid patients—including homeless people and people with severe drug addictions—resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency room visits that saved taxpayers an estimated $383 per patient per year, according to a review released Wednesday.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Emergency rooms are clogged with people who are waiting for inpatient beds or other care and it's causing a crisis, according to the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP).

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

emergency room visits, unnecessary medical consultations, imaging tests, medication). Objective: To co-develop a public telephone consultation service provided by occupational therapists and physiotherapists in Canada’s second most densely populated province, Québec.

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Medical Xpress

APRIL 21, 2023

More than 70 people presenting at Singapore General Hospital's emergency room with chest pain have been recruited to a new randomized controlled trial of a novel AI-based cardiac risk stratification tool that can rapidly and in real-time identify people whose chest pain is a sign of more serious trouble.

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Medical Xpress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It's a common dilemma when your child seems sick: Do you call the doctor, make a trip to urgent care or head straight to the emergency room?

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Patients in the Emergency Room (ER) should be blood-tested for hazardous drinking rather than evaluated by questionnaires alone, according to a new study comparing alcohol use screening methods. A sizeable minority of patients attend the ER for alcohol-related reasons (12–15% in the UK).

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NPR Health - Shots

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Some parents say they have been turned away from emergency rooms for days. At a children's hospital in Michigan, the staff is struggling to treat the surge of RSV and flu cases in children.

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Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Raspy cries and barky coughs echoed across the emergency room at St. Kids had just started to stream into the waiting room, yet every available bed was already filled. Christopher's Hospital for Children on a recent chilly morning in North Philadelphia.

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Plum Health

MAY 22, 2023

Easy access and relationship-driven care minimize long-term healthcare expenses and cut down on unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits. As employees change their healthcare usage behavior, both primary and specialty care claims decrease.

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Doctor On Demand

AUGUST 11, 2023

See a doctor now Knowing When to Seek Emergency Help It’s important to note that in certain cases, heat stroke can escalate rapidly, requiring urgent medical intervention.

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Logansport Memorial Hospital

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

For Austin Ault, he felt reassured during his time at Logansport Memorial, knowing that our dedicated team was alongside him every step of the way, including the Emergency Room , Medical/Surgical, Surgery , and Orthopedics. As a patient, you want to know you’re being cared for with the utmost attention and compassion.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 24, 2025

The vaccines were 75% effective in preventing emergency room or urgent care visits, and 75% effective against hospitalization, both among those ages 60 to 74 and those older. Immunocompromised patients, despite having a somewhat lower level of protection from the vaccine, will also benefit from it, Terebuh said.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

More than a year after her riding accident, Diamond was back at the emergency room after she tripped on a step while entering a New York restaurant. Since she was still working, she thought her employer health insurance plan would cover her. That misunderstanding has had financial repercussions that she continues to deal with today.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 14, 2020

We walked down to the emergency room and reviewed his chart. Then things started to get a little bit different… His chest x-ray had some peripheral infiltrates, and the emergency department providers ordered a CT scan. It started off like any other cardiology admission that we’d had during that month.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Emergency and Specialty Care Costs If you need specialized care or end up in the emergency room, traditional primary care linked with insurance may cover some of these costs after you meet your deductible.

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StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

To Dr. Sandra Lee. Heartfelt thanks for humanizing medicine and for inspiring along the way. Several years ago, my daughter Emma introduced me to some videos on YouTube of a dermatologist from California who posted her sometimes shocking but always intriguing encounters with patients who suffered from a variety of dermatologic issues.

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Plum Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

These are the moments when you don’t have time to wait for an appointment with your primary care doctor, and the emergency room (ER) seems like overkill. Maybe your child develops a sudden fever at 7 PM, or you twist your ankle during a weekend hike.

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Aspiring Minority Doctor

DECEMBER 31, 2021

It's New Year's Eve, I'm currently in the Emergency Room working my final night shift for the month, and you know what? Spending NYE 2021 living my dreams! I am overjoyed beyond words! 2021 was a true reflection of what staying prayed up, being patient, keeping the faith, and trusting in God's plan will bring.

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GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

I think that’s not hard to accept this conclusion, that if you know your patient, which is what you get with high continuity, you know your patient, you’re going to pick up on problems that they have before they get so bad that they end up in the emergency room or the hospital.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death). Population: a 5% random sample of adult (19-64y) Quebec residents covered by the public drug insurance in 2014-2017 was used. Outcome measures: 1) yearly prevalence and incidence of exposure to at least one high-priority DDI.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Urgent Care "Patient receiving urgent care treatment" Urgent care centers fill the gap between your primary care doctor and the emergency room. Whether you have a sprain, minor fracture, or a cut that needs stitches, these facilities offer immediate care without the long wait times typically associated with emergency rooms.

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StorytellERdoc

APRIL 23, 2014

Of dropping everything at that very moment to be at their parent's side during an Emergency Room visit. It was my way of acknowledging and validating their efforts in helping their ill parent in a time of need. Of putting to the side their own needs and demands. This supportive action was one that I respected immensely.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 5, 2022

Medical Respite Care : Mr. Watts advocated for medical respite, a safe place to heal and “short circuit” the street-emergency room-street-emergency room cycle as a way to treat people experiencing homelessness who are not sick enough for inpatient service, but too sick to send back out to the streets, only for their sickness to worsen.

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Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MARCH 1, 2025

For example, when cleaning it’s important to know that bleach plus ammonia equals a trip to the emergency room. But, mixing the wrong cleaning products is like running an accidental chemistry experiment. When to Act Fast Despite precautions, accidents happen. Don’t let it.

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Plum Health

OCTOBER 2, 2024

These facilities offer a wide range of medical services, from treating minor injuries to managing chronic conditions, without the long wait times and hefty price tag of an emergency room. Understanding Urgent Care Centers Think of urgent care as your neighborhood medical clinic on steroids.

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