Opinion: Independent Emergency Group Practice Model Boosts Physician Satisfaction
There are many issues facing emergency medicine, but the biggest issue for me is physician satisfaction. Happy…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
How to Manage Emergency Department Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices
In previous decades, the therapies for congestive heart failure (CHF) were limited both with respect to options…
Emergency Physicians Should Know Risks Entailed in Discharging Patients with Pending Blood Cultures
I feel that your article [“Admit or Not?”, May 2017] in ACEP Now was a bit too…
Emergency Physician Sidesteps Poor U.S. Maternity Leave Practices by Negotiating Her Own
While I was pregnant, my husband and I decided to move closer to family. My due date…
Low-Dose Ketamine Emerges as Effective Opioid Alternative
Amid a national opioid epidemic, there is a search for other effective analgesics in the emergency department,…
Does Cellulitis Treatment Need to Cover MRSA Infection?
The questions I get asked most are, “How do you treat cellulitis? Do I need to cover…
Medical Texting Tips and SMACC Conference Pearls for Emergency Physicians
Over the last three years, FOAMcast listeners have come to expect our podcast to serve as a…
Clinical Decision Support Tools Can Help Emergency Physicians Put Guidelines into Practice
While there are many evidence-based guidelines and decision aids to guide imaging decisions in the emergency department…
ACEP’s Role at Fundraiser for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan an Example of Access to Legislators through NEMPAC
The value of access to legislators cannot be understated, and a strong political action committee (PAC) provides…
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Is Rare but Serious Complication of E. Coli Infection
The Case A 3-year-old boy with watery diarrhea for the past three days as well as vomiting…