Residency Spotlight: Mount Sinai-Elmhurst
Mount Sinai-Elmhurst Twitter: @SinaiEM Location: New York City (NYC) Year founded: 1994 Current number of residents: 25…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
Dispelling 5 Ovarian Torsion Myths
The Case A 28-year-old female presents with severe lower right quadrant pain. Her intermittent pain started three…
Emergency Departments Can Help Get Patients Registered to Vote
Rates of electoral participation in the United States continue to rank in the bottom quartile among developed…
Data Snapshots: U.S. Influenza and Pneumonia Deaths 2013–2020
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To Combat Potential Implicit Bias in EMS, Diversify the Workforce
Unconscious bias, the subject Uché Blackstock, MD, wrote a November 2019 column on in ACEP Now, can…
Is There Systemic Racism in EMS?
Editor’s Note: Read Dr. Cedric Dark’s commentary on this EMRA + PolicyRx Health Policy Journal Club article….
Look to ACEP’s New Wellness Hub for Support During the COVID Crisis
There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all way to cope with a global pandemic. We’re complicated…
The 2020 ICD-10 Definitions of Heat Illness Go Beyond Heatstroke
The United States’ International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) codes for 2020 contain updated definitions of heat illness…
Telemedicine Comes of Age in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Editors’ Note: This article was accepted on April 26, 2020, and was accurate at that time. Because…
Tips for COVID-19 Coding
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…