Does ED overcrowding affect outcomes or costs?
Does ED overcrowding affect patient outcomes or costs? This study from Annals Emergency Medicine (.pdf)…
Healthcare Update — 12-10-2012
You know the ED? No. The OTHER ED. Yeah. That. The one that you get,…
CMS Offering Us Some Rope
Our beloved government is now seeking comments on how it can deny payments to hospitals…
How Long Before Zofran Gets Black Boxed?
It has been a few years, but the FDA’s war on antiemetics (medications for vomiting)…
Healthcare Update — 12-03-2102
Can a total mattress ban be far behind? Pediatricians publish paper noting that an average…
Pressure to Admit
We were away for the weekend, but in a restaurant, I caught glimpses of this…
Oddest Patient Complaints of the Night
Daughter brings in elderly parent saying “her voice doesn’t sound as strong when she talks.”…
Dear Diary
Dear Diary Some things just don’t make sense to me. Why do dogs just like…
Too Heavy to Fly
Medical care for the morbidly obese is back on the radar. Today this blog got…
Healthcare Update — 11-26-2012
Whatever the hospital is paying this person … it’s not enough. After Hurricane Sandy hit,…