Latest papers

Diagnostic accuracy of a point-of-care troponin I assay for acute myocardial infarction within 3 hours after presentation in early presenters to the emergency department with chest pain.

It's good to talk--but the talk must be good.

A surgeon at night.

Paediatric weight estimation.

Quantifying cardiac hemodynamic stress and cardiomyocyte damage in ischemic and nonischemic acute heart failure.

Provider-directed imaging stress testing reduces health care expenditures in lower-risk chest pain patients presenting to the emergency department.

Factors affecting health care utilization for children in Japan.

Arterial lactate as a predictor of mortality in emergency department patients with paraquat intoxication.

Coming of age or over the hill?

Emergency Department Focused Bedside Echocardiography in Massive Pulmonary Embolism

Staff can determine shorter wait times.

Standardised opt-out testing for HIV.

New Joint Commission partner offers ISO certification option.

EDIS heroes need an RTLS sidekick: many CMIOs are quickly realizing that their EDIS won't get them all the way through Stage 1 meaningful use.

An enhanced role for junior staff.

Cervical Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosed by Point-of-Care Emergency Department Ultrasound

The association of emergency department crowding and time to antibiotics in febrile neonates.

Optimal management of mental health patients in Australian emergency departments: barriers and solutions.

Comparison of two clinical scoring systems for emergency department risk stratification of suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Focus on the goal: be most efficient: how an EDIS can be used to support change.