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A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain

By Michelle Lin, MD, MPH and Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS | on March 7, 2014 | 2 Comments
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A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain
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ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 03 – March 2014

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Topics: Back PainEmergency MedicineEmergency PhysicianImaging and UltrasoundPainPatient SafetyTrauma and Injury

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Michelle Lin, MD, MPH

Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, is an attending emergency physician and a fellow in the Division of Health Policy Research and Translation in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She also serves as an instructor at Harvard Medical School.

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Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS

Jeremiah D. Schuur, MD, MHS, is vice chair of quality and safety and chief of the Division of Health Policy Research and Translation in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. He also serves as assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.

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2 Responses to “A High-Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain”

  1. July 1, 2015

    ACR Study Finds ER Imaging for Low-Back Pain Appropriate | Advantedge Newsletter Reply

    […] Lin, MD, MPH, Michelle and Schur, MD, MHS, Jeremiah D., “A High Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain,” ACEP Now, March 7, […]

  2. July 2, 2015

    ACR Study Finds ER Imaging for Low-Back Pain Appropriate | Emergency Medicine Reply

    […] Lin, MD, MPH, Michelle and Schur, MD, MHS, Jeremiah D., “A High Value Diagnostic Approach to Low-Back Pain,” ACEP Now, March 7, […]

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