Declining ER volumes are predicted by google searches

Many emergency rooms across the country may be sensing that their patient volumes are not as high as anticipated. This is a big issue for many emergency departments because staffing levels have to match expected patient volumes for financial reasons (overstaffed EDs will lose a lot of money and be unsustainable). It is very interesting to me that Google web searches by people for the terms "ER" and "Urgent Care" reflect what is happening in the market: more and more patients are searching for urgent care facilities for their unscheduled care instead of ERs. Here is a graph I created using Google Trends to show this trend:

Comments

MasteringMedicare Medicare Cheat Sheet updated

I'm excited to share the newest version, for 2021, of our MasteringMedicare Medicare Cheat Sheet. Feel free to share and provide feedback with suggestions and corrections. Link to download the Medicare Cheet Sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Nu45djmYDln7mSNG0v2Q57pkiACFvRv4/view?usp=sharing

Information about Medicare Advantage plans, coverage and benefits

Information about Medicare Advantage plans, coverage and benefits is available on this website, Medicare Advantage Information . Some topics covered include: additional benefits for medicare additional medicare benefits medicare advantage blue medicare advantage blue cross medicare advantage blue cross blue shield advantage c medicare advantage care plan medicare advantage cost medicare advantage d medicare advantage dental plan medicare advantage health care plans medicare advantage health plan medicare advantage insurance medicare advantage insurance plans medicare advantage of medicare advantage plan advantage of plan advantage plan insurance advantage plans with dental advantage policy advantages of medicare advantage advantages of medicare for all advantages of original medicare benefit medicare

Dr. Alex Mohseni invited to speak at Brault’s Healthcare Leadership Forum about the future of Emergency Medicine services and how ED groups can adapt using telemedicine.

Dr. Mohseni presented on the topic of how Emergency Medicine groups could expand their scope of practice to the virtual space to and how to do so in a financially viable way.

Creative Health Labs

Search This Blog