Politics in the Exam Room
Last spring a group of physicians and medical societies filed suit in federal court to…
Fite Bite
The patient is a 24-year-old male with right hand inflammation and discomfort after punching another…
How to Sort Vascular Trauma
Not all of us work in busy trauma centers. And even for those of us…
ACOs: US Health Care is Doomed to Repeat History If We Ignore Our Past
Everyone seems to be talking about this new idea called Accountable Care Organizations. However, the…
Challenging the Joint Commission on Throat Cultures
Several years ago, during the last Joint Commission survey of our hospital lab, we got…
Peds Sedation for Diagnostic Studies
There was a time when determining how to sedate a child for a CT of…
Practice Changing Abstracts
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s Annual Meeting was held June 1-5, 2011 in Boston,…
The Role of Observation Units in Accountable Care Organizations
I recently consulted at a Virginia hospital that is planning on opening an Emergency Department…
How to Handle Administrative Pay Part II
Part II: Democratic groups must define their core values, clarify the owner’s obligations to the…
Rick's Picks: Physician Triage (VIDEO)
The successes and failures of physician in triage regarding waiting room hours, length of stay…