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More Webinars Announced for 2011
Editor on July 19, 2011

We have three more webinars that we will be hosting in 2011. The first one is on the topic of the proposed draft CMS regulations for hospitals and physicians. It's on August 3rd. Our second one is back by popular demand, ED design effeciiencies. It's one of our more popular and will be held in September. Our last webinar will be on revenue enhancement strategies for EDs and trauma centers in October. You can sign up via our website. Please note that we've reduced our registration fee from $350 to $295.

 

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ED Visits Drop by 2 Percent
Editor on February 7, 2011

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS) released it's survey results for ED visits in 2007 in August 2010. ED visits have been increasing since 2005, but took a dip in 2007 to 116.8 million. Compared to 2006, which experienced 119.2 million visits, that was a drop of two percent.

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The Abaris Group Announces It's 2011 Webinar Series
Editor on February 7, 2011

The Abaris Group has released its initial 2011 webinar calendar. Due to popular demand we will be hosting a two part webinar series on urgent care centers - the fundamentals and advance strategies. We'll also be holding a webinar on designing effecient and practical EDs and another webinar on improving throughput for the inpatient and ED sides of the hospital. To sign up for any of these webinars, visit our Products page and click on Live Webinars to use our secure shopping cart. Or better yet, just click here.

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Struggling With Patient Flow
Editor on March 22, 2010

Still struggling with patient flow? Most hospitals have tried all of the basic ED strategies and either those that did work were only at the surface level or have been over shadowed by increasing volume, acuity and sometimes payer demands (i.e. payer and/or payer physician follow up). Additionally, hospital EDs have been telling their CEOs for years that it is not just an ED problem and indeed they are right.

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Universal Coverage and ED Visits
Editor on February 9, 2010

We are now learning that universal coverage does not necessarily mean reduced ED visits. The original postulate was that if all were insured, fewer people would need to go to an ED for primary care. They would have a traditional "medical home" environment and willing physician practitioners due to the patient's "insured" status. Apparently, nothing could be further from the truth.

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Welcome!
TAG Blogger on August 14, 2009

Greetings. The Abaris Group is pleased to announce the unveiling of it's new blog. Mike Williams and our other expert consultants will be discussing relevant topics regarding the emergency and community healthcare industry. We invite you to comment and express your views as well. You can select the RSS to be informed of any new posts.

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