Emergency Departments (EDs)
The CMS Nov. 4 issued a final rule that updates physician fee schedule payments for calendar year 2027.
Integrated emergency and urgent care models can help health systems expand access, improve patient flow and enhance patient experience.
The American Hospital Association voices support of the Addressing Boarding and Crowding in the Emergency Department (ABC-ED) Act of 2025 (S. 1974).
A new AHA Market Scan Trailblazers report, sponsored by ImageTrend, explores how hospitals and health systems can improve operations using data from regional emergency medical services (EMS).
Peter Van Epps, vice president of strategy at Ascension Texas, will explain how Ascension has partnered with Care Continuity to prioritize ED patients for follow-up navigation, and how the team engages specialist providers to ensure network alignment. The program has a strong ROI and has delivered…
Adopting an innovative care delivery approach — identifying patients who can receive treatment while sitting rather than lying down — can reduce length of stay and increase ED efficiency without any adverse impact on outcomes or care quality.
Ambulatory care is expected to become the “new center of gravity” for health systems over the next decade, with outpatient volumes projected to grow 20% by 2036, according to the 2026 Impact of Change forecast from Vizient.
Emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts from 2021-2025 were highest among adolescents age 12-17 at 24.8%, according to a report released June 25 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has launched a public dashboard offering near-real-time insights into heat-related emergency room visits.
Despite constrained resources, West Feliciana Hospital has shown how rural health systems can transform cardiac care and patient outcomes by updating emergency response processes by leveraging community involvement and implementing evidence-based standards.