An Actionable, Visual Dashboard Approach to Boarding
Boarding has reached crisis levels across the United States, recently culminating in a letter from ACEP and…
Posts by Jed Henson
Data-Driven Approach Yields New Approach for Emergency Department Triage
Emergency medicine involves a density of decision-making that exceeds that of any other medical specialty. Emergency physicians…
Tackling Emergency Department Crowding
Emergency departments (EDs) are currently dealing with big problems of overcrowding and boarding. The number of patients…
Best Practices for Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Case A 74-year-old man presents with vomiting of blood for two days. He has a history of…
How Long Should an Emergency Medicine Residency Be?
U.S. emergency medicine (EM) residency training length has been a decades-long dilemma: four versus three years. Two…
A Job Search Survey of 2023 Residency Graduates
The emergency medicine workforce is an important issue with ramifications for physicians relocating or retiring, medical students…
A Safety Solution for Emergency Department Staff and Patients
Physicians, nurses, and staff in emergency departments (EDs) across the country have encountered workplace violence for years….
What Is the Best Defibrillation Strategy for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation?
A 67-year-old man presents to the emergency department (ED) in cardiac arrest. He was found by bystanders…
Tips for Real-Time Information Sharing with Patients
Background As Electronic Health Information (EHI) has increased in prominence, the U.S. federal government has set the…
The Great Surge in Pediatric Mental Health Emergencies
A 15-year-old male is brought to the emergency department (ED) after he jumped from the second floor…