Twitter: The Digital Watercooler
There is an age old problem in medicine. How can any physician keep up with…
OIG Targets ED Physicians for Fraudulent E&M Coding Using Incomplete Claims Data
A recent article in the NY Times pointed to the belief that “the move to…
Weak and Dizzy… and a Rash
This 29-year-old female presented to the emergency department complaining of feeling weak and dizzy. She…
Mind the Gap . . . Between Providers
A few years ago, on a busy night in my small ED, I had an…
Election Night a Win for EP Candidates
By winning their contests in Nevada and California respectively, Drs. Joe Heck and Raul Ruiz…
Dying Well: The Unexpected Rewards of Palliative Care
At the 2012 ACEP Scientific Assembly, EPM executive editor Mark Plaster sat down for a…
LP for Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: The 700 Club
Are you in the 700 club? Most emergency physicians are. If you trained in emergency…
After the Blackout
Hurricane Sandy may have had an androgynous name, but there was nothing ambiguous about the…
The Slow Pivot
One of the greatest benefits of being the executive editor of Emergency Physicians Monthly is…
What Glaxo’s $3 Billion Settlement Says about Big Pharma’s Influence on Medicine
Big pharma is paying the price for pushing off-label applications and putting inappropriate pressure on…