Expanding Medicaid Will Hurt Emergency Departments
“[P]eople are no longer going to the emergency room and they now have good health…
Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis
A 54-year-old male is in the ED for a paracentesis because he states he is…
The Cost of a Click
If time is money, emergency medicine needs to take another look at electronic medical records…
Remembering Louis Binder: Educator and Mentor
Louis Binder: 1954-2014. The emergency medicine community recently lost a great physician, scientist and educator…
Connecting the Golden Hour to the Golden Years
In room 7 there is an 85-year-old puffing away on CPAP who was just discharged…
Scale Down: When Bigger Isn’t Better
Aristotle and the ethics of localized healthcare governance We begin another calendar year, another chance…
The Research Advocate
Dr. Jeremy Brown, director of the new Office of Emergency Care Research, works to improve emergency…
Is Night Shift the Right Shift?
Dear Director, I’m an experienced physician who is thinking of switching to a fixed overnight schedule. …
Tamiflu: Know the Research Before You Prescribe
Some people I know are very diplomatic and couch their opinions with soft words like…
Medical Research: The Good, the Bad and the Underpowered
This Fall, a cover of The Economist boldly asserted that scientific research is all but…