All posts tagged emergency room
SimpleScience@Heart: After ER visit for chest pain, trip to heart doctor may save your life
A lot of folks treated for chest pain in emergency rooms don’t follow up with a heart doctor — possibly increasing their chance of dying. That’s the finding in a new Canadian study that revealed a quarter of high risk …
Simple Science @Heart: Hospital uses auto assembly line techniques to speed up stroke care
A hospital stroke team in St. Louis, Mo., used Toyota’s “lean” manufacturing principles to streamline care — treating patients 21 minutes faster than usual. The team adopted the