Urgent Matters serves as a dissemination vehicle for strategies on emergency department (ED) patient flow and quality. We develop quarterly e-newsletters, educational webinars, a searchable collection of ED improvement tools and strategies, national conferences, and a podcast series for a multi-disciplinary audience of emergency care stakeholders. Urgent Matters serves as a portal for innovative flow strategies, creating a central resource for hospital staff to discover field-tested initiatives that can be tailored to their organization.
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Buprenorphine as treatment for opioid withdrawal
Leah Steckler, MD November 20th, 2017 According to the Centers for Disease Control, opioids were involved in 33,091 deaths in 2015 and overdoses have increased four-fold since 1999, including both illicit and prescribed opioid medications (1). This dramatic increase...
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