Japan’s Model for Workplace Organization Can Help Emergency Departments Improve Efficiency
One of the most commonly observed features of the practice of emergency medicine is that workflow depends…
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Managing Stress In Crisis Critical to Performing Emergency Airway Management Techniques
Too much time is dedicated to the acquisition of technique and too little to the preparation of…
ZIO XT Patch Cardiac Monitoring Device May Be Good Option for Evaluating Possible Dysrhythmias
I recently cared for a 35-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department for evaluation of palpitations….
Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…
Decreased Public Mental Health Spending Raises Concerns over Psychiatric Patient Boarding
The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on…
“Code Black” Documentary about Los Angeles County General Hospital Captures the Challenge, Energy of Emergency Medicine
During his four years of residency at the University of Southern California Los Angeles County General Hospital,…
Congress Questions Ethics Behind FDA Approval of Zohydro ER
The FDA’s approval of the hydrocodone drug Zohydro ER has been met with criticism from health care…
Emergency Physicians Urged Not to Prescribe New Opioid, Zohydro ER, Given High Potential for Abuse
Despite the United States encompassing just 5 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for 84 percent…
Critics of Zohydro ER Approval Suspect Conflict of Interest with Pharmaceutical Industry
Whether you buy into a Food and Drug Administration conspiracy theory or not, there are many problems…
CMS Releases Physician Payment Data for the First Time Since 1979
On April 9, 2014, the annual payments individual physicians receive from Medicare were made public by the…