Sentences with phrase «on emergency room care»

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INFLUENZA OUTBREAK DRIVES UPTICK IN US TELEMEDICINE VISITS: Healthcare systems are showing an increasing reliance on telemedicine providers to alleviate emergency rooms during illness outbreaks, according to virtual care delivery service Teladoc.

Over the next few years, count on some walk - in urgent - care centers to evolve into true standalone emergency rooms and for ambulances to increasingly head there instead of to hospital ERs, particularly in the case of certain types of injuries (such as wounds or broken bones).

Jain elaborated on those successes in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association last year, noting the efficiencies lead to better outcomes for patients, who can more reliably receive routine medical care and stay out of emergency rooms; doctors, who can more easily manage patients» chronic conditions; and cost - savings for the broader medical system, as managing chronic disease is substantially cheaper than repeated ER visits.

Such clinics are central to the health of the uninsured, since they are the only places other than emergency rooms where care does not depend on ability to pay.

The typical scenario would be that something had gone dreadfully wrong and the community midwives, after exploring their options, would finally, and receiving nothing but hostile response from the various hospitals, would have the patient transported to the hospital by ambulance and then they would all bolt and just leave the patient in the emergency room and to the care of whoever was on emergency call.

There is a large number of residents on Medicaid with poorer - than - average health outcomes who use the emergency room for primary care at disproportionately high rates.

Spending more now on primary care and pharmaceuticals is, the theory goes, going to save money in the future on reduced emergency room use.

The gap would instead fall on hospitals, nursing homes and rural health care providers, he said, many of which are unequipped to handle a potential increase in emergency room visits and are already on the bubble — including facilities like Southampton Hospital, which he said was insolvent.

«Compared to Hamilton's general adult population, we found elevated emergency room use, multiple barriers to health care access and significant rates of chronic disease among urban Aboriginal adults,» said Dr. Michelle Firestone, an associate scientist with St. Michael's Hospital's Centre for Research on Inner City Health.

Early in my career, I was the resident on call one night in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit when an emergency room doctor called and asked me to come down and see a patient.

«But in a busy, time - pressured setting such as the emergency room or intensive care unit, doctors rely to a greater extent on the blood test used as a proxy for measuring kidney function in order to make an immediate diagnosis.

In addition to our comprehensive asthma clinic, we also offer a specialized Children's Asthma Wellness Program, designed for children who have had repeat emergency department visits for asthma, with a focus on supporting the patient's family and the primary care provider in managing the child's asthma in decreasing emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

The study was based on a database of close to 15 million Californians aged 21 and older who had outpatient surgery, emergency room treatment or inpatient hospital care between 2005 and 2009.

You're particularly vulnerable in the emergency room (ER) and intensive care unit (ICU), where odds are you're already seriously ill and require multiple procedures from time - stressed providers, explains Janet Corrigan, PhD, of the National Quality Forum in Washington, D.C. «You're also at risk on the hospital's pediatric floors because of the challenges of caring for children.»

When waiting in the emergency room with someone we care about, the last thing on our mind should be how we're going to pay the bill.

Emergency Exams: Just like human emergency rooms, our pet patients are triaged (examined in the order of the severity of their condition), so wait time will vary depending on how many pet's require emergency care at the time of yoEmergency Exams: Just like human emergency rooms, our pet patients are triaged (examined in the order of the severity of their condition), so wait time will vary depending on how many pet's require emergency care at the time of yoemergency rooms, our pet patients are triaged (examined in the order of the severity of their condition), so wait time will vary depending on how many pet's require emergency care at the time of yoemergency care at the time of your visit.

Much like the care an emergency room provides for humans, Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita offers help when your pet's doctor is not available in the evenings, on weekends and during emergency room provides for humans, Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita offers help when your pet's doctor is not available in the evenings, on weekends and during Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita offers help when your pet's doctor is not available in the evenings, on weekends and during holidays.

Just brought insurance for my 4 cats on June 16th, it became effective on July 1st, what a blessing it was for me, because on the 4th of July, my Bosco, started to vomit, within 4hours he deteriorate, as a Pediatric Doctor, I knew my Bosco needed emergency care, therefore took him to my local emergency room, they stabilize Bosco overnight, in the morning a abdominal sonogram proved that Bosco had intestinal obstruction, well the emergency room wanted 4,500 dollars, for the surgery, but lucky for me, Bosco s doctor was available, took my baby Bosco to his Doctor, who proceeded, to due the surgery.

[2] On the morning of December 4, 2006, the plaintiff, an emergency room physician, was driving his Honda Accord («Honda») eastbound on Lorimer Road from his home in Whistler, British Columbia to the Whistler Health Care Centre («WHCC»On the morning of December 4, 2006, the plaintiff, an emergency room physician, was driving his Honda Accord («Honda») eastbound on Lorimer Road from his home in Whistler, British Columbia to the Whistler Health Care Centre («WHCC»on Lorimer Road from his home in Whistler, British Columbia to the Whistler Health Care Centre («WHCC»).

While there may have been a small change on one of the three states, the overall results suggested these new laws offered little, IF ANY change to the level of care provided to Medicare patients in emergency room settings.

If they have chronic conditions, that may require them to rely on emergency rooms instead of their health care policy, and that has a very specific tax consequence for all of us.

Perhaps because I often find myself waiting for hours on end to be treated in a walk - in clinic or a hospital emergency room for yet another sports injury, and because I have had little success finding and keeping a family doctor, I've often thought of the frustrating parallels between accessing our justice system and accessing our health care system as an average citizen.

Your family doctor, or the doctor you see in a hospital emergency room (depending on where you go to receive immediate medical care after the accident) will examine you and refer you to a neurologist if they think this is necessary.

If someone on the plan goes to the emergency room or needs a lot of health care services, you'll likely have to pay that amount toward care in 2018.

The emergency room billing clerk says your claim was denied because your health insurance wasn't in effect on the day you received the care.

To work as a trauma nurse in an emergency room of a hospital where I can help trauma victims with my assessment and nursing care skills and help them survive the unfortunate happening befallen on them.

Provide bedside care to patients seeking medical treatment in the emergency room and or healing process on the medical surgical floor

Some skills noted on sample resumes of Emergency Room Technicians include assisting nurses and physicians with patient care, performing minor medical procedures involving EKGS, splints, and vital signs; and providing patients with information and comfort.

Conducted assessments of patients in their homes on asthma self - management and care with the goal of reducing or preventing further emergency room visits.

Concierge Urgent Care Physician — St. Mary Hospital, Evanston, IL — 8/2008 — 4/2010 • Treated patients by traveling to their hotel room with a team of emergency care professionals • Diagnosed condition to provide care on location or transport patient to emergency if there is significant risk to his or her life • Represented the image of the hospital by providing top - quality care, listening attentively, and answering questions • Scheduled appointments to see medical professionals at St. Mary's if there was a need for follow - up care • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patCare Physician — St. Mary Hospital, Evanston, IL — 8/2008 — 4/2010 • Treated patients by traveling to their hotel room with a team of emergency care professionals • Diagnosed condition to provide care on location or transport patient to emergency if there is significant risk to his or her life • Represented the image of the hospital by providing top - quality care, listening attentively, and answering questions • Scheduled appointments to see medical professionals at St. Mary's if there was a need for follow - up care • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patcare professionals • Diagnosed condition to provide care on location or transport patient to emergency if there is significant risk to his or her life • Represented the image of the hospital by providing top - quality care, listening attentively, and answering questions • Scheduled appointments to see medical professionals at St. Mary's if there was a need for follow - up care • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patcare on location or transport patient to emergency if there is significant risk to his or her life • Represented the image of the hospital by providing top - quality care, listening attentively, and answering questions • Scheduled appointments to see medical professionals at St. Mary's if there was a need for follow - up care • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patcare, listening attentively, and answering questions • Scheduled appointments to see medical professionals at St. Mary's if there was a need for follow - up care • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patcare • Wrote prescriptions for pain medication and antibiotics as appropriate to treat the patient

Treat around 15 to 30 patients daily, on average • Collaborate with support staff to obtain medication and treatment history of patient in order to provide an accurate diagnosis in a reassuring, compassionate, and professional manner • Mentor residency students on best emergency room practicesCertified Emergency Room Physician — St. John's Hospital — Los Angeles CA — 10/2008 to Present • Treat patients entering the emergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriemergency room practicesCertified Emergency Room Physician — St. John's Hospital — Los Angeles CA — 10/2008 to Present • Treat patients entering the emergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriate uroom practicesCertified Emergency Room Physician — St. John's Hospital — Los Angeles CA — 10/2008 to Present • Treat patients entering the emergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriEmergency Room Physician — St. John's Hospital — Los Angeles CA — 10/2008 to Present • Treat patients entering the emergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriate uRoom Physician — St. John's Hospital — Los Angeles CA — 10/2008 to Present • Treat patients entering the emergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriemergency room, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriate uroom, providing routine care as well as up - to - date life - saving techniques to reduce pain, stop bleeding, calm adverse physical reactions, soothe burns, and more • Research advances in medicine, equipment, and best practice care to improve quality of treatment • Order diagnostic tests and transfer stabilized patients to appropriate units

On several occasions, I have driven an ambulance while transporting patients to hospital emergency rooms or other health care facilities.

Deer Creek Hospital, Idaho Falls, ID 2011 — Present Emergency Room Nurse • Initiate patient assessment to determine immediate care needs • Collect information on patient • Determine the standards of care needed to develop a care plan • Perform nursing interventions as required • Document patient progress • Supervise care provided by other nurses • Manage injuries and other emergency sEmergency Room Nurse • Initiate patient assessment to determine immediate care needs • Collect information on patient • Determine the standards of care needed to develop a care plan • Perform nursing interventions as required • Document patient progress • Supervise care provided by other nurses • Manage injuries and other emergency semergency situations

• Assist residents in handling day to day tasks such as bathing, toileting and grooming • Turn mattresses, change linen and replenish supplies in the room and bathroom • Perform food service functions such as serving food trays and assisting residents in partaking food • Provide residents with emotional and physical support • Wheel residents to doctors» appointments, therapies and recreational activities • Assist nursing personnel in implementing core patient care plan • Answer call lights in a timely manner and respond to emergencies in accordance to facility rules • Operate and maintain facility equipment by ensuring appropriate use and storage • Help families in understanding the nature of disease or disability and provide them with a shoulder to lean on during distressing times

Professional Experience Godwin Corporation (Tripler Army Medical Center, HI) 9/2009 — Present Radiology Technologist • Exhibit proficiency in all clerical aspects of radiology including patient check - in, informed consent, the use of CHCS and PACS programs, and adherence to ALARA radiation protection standards • Perform fluoroscopic exams such as pediatric and adult barium enemas, esophagrams, G.I. studies, VCUG's, HSG's, and modified barium swallows • Operate portable C - arm equipment in orthopedic, spinal, abdominal, urologic, vascular, and interventional radiology operating room procedures, as well as stationary C - arm use in arthrograms and lumbar punctures • Prep contrast materials for gastrointestinal, gynecological, urologic, intravenous, and intra-arterial exams • Capture inpatient / outpatient diagnostic x-rays of upper / lower extremities, cranium, chest, and abdomen • Execute efficiently all emergency patient care protocol, including CPR, oxygen administration, suction, and the use of monitoring systems such as EKG and blood pressure equipment • Provide valuable on - site instruction in all aspects of radiography to Army radiology students

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)-- Duties & Responsibilities Provide support to other staff and coordinate all care efforts while acting as primary point of contact to patients Perform frequent patient evaluations, including initial and on - going examinations, monitoring and tracking of vital signs, executing various minor procedures, and both administering and tracking medication use per physician orders for an extensive variety of conditions Alert physicians to any change in condition and raise concerns when necessary through accurate communication Communicate effectively with other medical staff, family members and interested parties to facilitate the efficient treatment of patients as well as ensure the timely information flow Collaborate in the development of treatment plans, providing guidance from point of admission through discharge while utilizing initial and on - going assessments to provide correct medical direction Deliver emotional and informational support to patient, their families, and other interested parties, helping them understand conditions, treatments and potential outcomes Develop and maintain competencies and knowledge of medical techniques, information, conditions, treatments, medications, and potential interactions, participating actively in all continuing education opportunities Utilize and employ knowledge from clinical rotations in MedSurgical, Telemetry, GI, Emergency Room, Post-Partum, Nursery, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care settings Adhere strictly to local, state, and federal health - related laws in the administration of care, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited macare efforts while acting as primary point of contact to patients Perform frequent patient evaluations, including initial and on - going examinations, monitoring and tracking of vital signs, executing various minor procedures, and both administering and tracking medication use per physician orders for an extensive variety of conditions Alert physicians to any change in condition and raise concerns when necessary through accurate communication Communicate effectively with other medical staff, family members and interested parties to facilitate the efficient treatment of patients as well as ensure the timely information flow Collaborate in the development of treatment plans, providing guidance from point of admission through discharge while utilizing initial and on - going assessments to provide correct medical direction Deliver emotional and informational support to patient, their families, and other interested parties, helping them understand conditions, treatments and potential outcomes Develop and maintain competencies and knowledge of medical techniques, information, conditions, treatments, medications, and potential interactions, participating actively in all continuing education opportunities Utilize and employ knowledge from clinical rotations in MedSurgical, Telemetry, GI, Emergency Room, Post-Partum, Nursery, Internal Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Family Practice and Urgent Care settings Adhere strictly to local, state, and federal health - related laws in the administration of care, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited maCare settings Adhere strictly to local, state, and federal health - related laws in the administration of care, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited macare, the operation and utilization of all medical equipment and procedures, and treatment of patients Address patient and doctor queries, resolving them in an expedited manner

Social Worker — Duties & Responsibilities Successfully serve as a psychiatric social worker and practice manager for multiple institutions Perform crisis intervention, adult, geriatric, child, and adolescent case management and therapy Counsel patients facing depression, substance abuse, bipolar disorder, dementia, and schizophrenia Serve survivors of domestic violence, rape, robbery, child abuse, suicide, and other traumatic events Responsible for 24 hour on call crisis intervention for multiple hospital emergency rooms Complete psychosocial assessments to ensure appropriate patient diagnosis and care Design and implement treatment plans including medication and individual / group / family therapy sessions Attend weekly team meetings to assess patient progress and document in the DAP system Review psychometric and psychological reports and provide feedback to patients and families Provide clients and family members with guidance and referrals to community resources Maintain contact with family members and encouraged their involvement in patient treatment Performed discharge planning including nursing home placement, home health, medication needs, transportation and Passport screening, extended in - patient and out - patient mental health services Serve as public speaker, referral development committee member, and marketing / financial advisor

Dr. Arango - Padron has done missionary work with children's organizations, worked on hospital ward floors, emergency rooms, intensive care units and various clinics.