JC: Ambient AI scribes in the ED
Do AI scribes work in the ED? St Emlyn’s reviews the best ED evidence to date on AI scribe adoption, quality and where to pilot safely.
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The three-body problem and ED clinical staffing
Most clinical staff working on Emergency Department (ED) rotas operate within a contracted maximum of one weekend in three. Resident doctors, Specialty and Specialist (SAS) grades, and doctors in training
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How many patients should we see per hour?
Clinician productivity depends largely on conditions provided. This blog explains why patients per hour is the last question you should ask and not the first.
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Explaining Emergency Department Crowding Using a Cognitive Bridge
Emergency Department crowding is hard to explain to non-clinical audiences. A cognitive bridge is a three-step tool to help others understand.
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Model Emergency Department, Capacity and Demand
NHS England’s Model Emergency Department guidance asks trusts to include demand and capacity modelling in implementation plans. But that is harder than it sounds. Much of future emergency care demand comes from residual factors such as technology, supply-induced demand and access barriers, which traditional modelling often misses.
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Making Sense of the Latest Corridor Care Update: Red Lines and Resources
If you have worked an ED shift over the last year, you will almost certainly have faced this dilemma: an ambulance crew arrives with an elderly, frail, confused patient who
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Your Patient Already Asked ChatGPT
Patients are consulting AI more and more before attending ED. What does the research say, and how should clinicians respond? Some great advice on what to do when this happens.
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Design as repair: what Emergency Medicine can learn (and why it is so hard)
The NHS drowns in innovation whilst repair work goes unsupported. Why Bronson’s Design as Repair framework matters for emergency medicine.
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