Who Pays the Tab For Unfunded Care?
If the United States were to re-instate the draft and emergency physicians were required by…
Dyspnea in a Cancer Patient
It’s the end of your shift and you are trying not to pick up any…
Taking Control of Quality Measurements
The recent creation of the ED Clinical Data Registry (CEDR) offers emergency medicine a chance…
When it Comes to Accreditation, We Need to Get Beyond ‘Publish or Perish’
Core faculty publication requirements have turned some residencies into paper factories. Let’s take a hard…
Beyond HEART: Building a Better Chest Pain Protocol
The University of Maryland Medical System built on the HEART score in order to design…
Manhunt Medicine
Alice Hyde Medical Center in Northern New York was thrown into action when two convicted…
The Right Moves: Making Sense of ICD-10
ICD-10 could bring with it a 15% drop in provider revenue due to incomplete charts…
EPs Not To Blame for the Opiate Crisis
Until the government stops treating emergency physicians as the scapegoat for opiate addiction, we won’t…
Mass Gathering Medicine: Lessons from the Hajj
This year’s Hajj – the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca –has been making headlines as…
Adapt & Adopt: When You Improvise, Use All the Tools in Your Toolbox
A mark of excellence in emergency medicine is that clinicians can find a way to do…