Should the Joint Commission Crack Down on ED Wait Times? (Video)
In this installment of "Rick’s Picks" Rick Bukata discusses a couple law suits resulting from…
“I Refuse the Rectal”
“You need to have a rectal exam” you explain to one of your patients. He’s…
So You Want to Get Published…
Are you writing or thinking about writing a book? Do you want to get published…
Lessons From My Grandpa
One day, many years ago, I was sitting in front of the television when an…
Inhalant Abuse
It’s a nice spring day when you get the call from the charge nurse that…
Handling Administrative Pay
No question generates more angst or consumes more discussion for a democratic emergency medicine (EM)…
Managing the Elderly with Abdominal Pain
In the March issue, we asked EPM readers to weigh in on the scenario below,…
Need CME Now? Phone It In
You are a couple of weeks away from renewing your state medical license and you…
What is a Physician Worth?
Inductive reasoning begins with observation and moves with variable speed to generalized theory. Deductive reasoning…
Macro Medicine
When the Office of Inspector General (OIG) released its 2011 Workplan – a formal announcement…