The Swine Flu Frenzy
A Pandemic of Media Misinformation
The Kennedy/Dodd Bill: A Physician’s Analysis
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, chaired by Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn), passed…
On Quality: EPs Must Self Police or Else
If we don’t set the standards, Washington bureaucrats will.
STAT!: Quality Care Survey
STAT! EMERGENCY MEDICINE BY THE NUMBERS 235 emergency physicians responded to EPM’s quality care…
Physicians Are Key to Cost Containment
Who Defines Quality Care? Like it or not, no health care reform will be successful…
Packers and Stuffers: Contraband in the ED
Trivia question #1: What is the latest mode of transportation for the illegal smuggling of…
Final Analysis: Outpatient Management of Mild Diverticulitis
This case, originally published in May of 2009, sparked a lively debate online. Here are…
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Strategies for engaging the media intelligently when a public health crisis strikes
The Josiah Plan
Josiah Yoder often came to our Ohio emergency department straight from the fields, still wearing…
Identifying CHF Patients as Low-Risk for Adverse Outcomes
The Case: A 65-year-old male presents to your ED complaining of increasing exertional dyspnea and…