Epilepsy emergency rescue training

"The intervention has a significant positive impact on patient safety, prescribing costs, and was anecdotally evidenced by reduction of paramedic call outs and ED admissions."

Epilepsy emergency rescue training
R Shankar, C Jory, J Ashton, B McLean, M Walker
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208167.w3566

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Focus On: Distance from home to emergency care

"This QualityWatch Focus On report examines the typical distances from home that people travel to receive emergency care, and how this has changed over time. It explores the distances between a person’s home and the hospital at which they attended A&E, or received an emergency inpatient admission, using Hospital Episode Statistics."

Focus On: Distance from home to emergency care
A Roberts, I Blunt, M Bardsley
The Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust, London
February 2014

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Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions

"This data briefing aims to highlight for commissioners the opportunity for improving the quality of care and saving costs that reducing emergency hospital admissions for ACSCs presents."

Data briefing: Emergency hospital admissions for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions: identifying the potential for reductions
Y Tian, A Dixon, H Gao
The King's Fund
April 2012

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