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Innovation: Rapid ED Facility Build for COVID-19

by 8 months agono comment

Australia’s first COVID-19 RESUS Medical Facility at Monash Health was built within 3 weeks, with the modular infrastructure built and installed on site by SPACECUBE within a day. The facility was built using 25 cubes, spanning 360sqm over two-levels; housing six negative pressure resuscitation beds, a nurse’s station, medication room,

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Evidence: Scribes increase medical productivity and shorten patient emergency stays

by February 1, 2019no comment

In a BMJ (British Medical Journal) study, emergency physicians saw 26% more patients and patients left the emergency department 19 minutes sooner when a medical scribe assisted the physician. Having scribes on the team was safe and the scribe role was found to be cost-effective for Australian hospitals. Emergency physicians