Opinion: State Medical Boards’ Licensing Rules Can Be Difficult to Understand
[In response to “Feel Like a Criminal? Compact to the Rescue,” April 2015] My own experience with…
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Opinion: State Medical Boards’ Licensing Rules Can Be Difficult to Understand
[In response to “Feel Like a Criminal? Compact to the Rescue,” April 2015] My own experience with... -
Opinion: Moonlighting Should Be Done in a Double-Coverage Environment
I was very surprised when I read Dr. Silman and Dr. Chen’s article, “Don’t Get Caught in... -
Opinion: “Allopathic” Incorrect Term to Differentiate Between MDs, DOs
Since when did an essentially incoherent term replace “medical doctor”? I’m talking about “allopathic,” which literally means...
Opinion: Moonlighting Should Be Done in a Double-Coverage Environment
I was very surprised when I read Dr. Silman and Dr. Chen’s article, “Don’t Get Caught in…
Opinion: “Allopathic” Incorrect Term to Differentiate Between MDs, DOs
Since when did an essentially incoherent term replace “medical doctor”? I’m talking about “allopathic,” which literally means…
Dr. Kevin Klauer Responds to Criticism of Diagnostic Imaging for Dizziness Myths Article
Comment Good to know that computed tomography (CT) scans are worthless in these cases. I will be…
Opinion: Risk, Harm Ratios of Legalizing Marijuana Need Closer Look
In response to the marijuana pro-con [“Legalizing Marijuana Will Make It Safer,” and “How Legalizing Marijuana Has…
Opinion: Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Should Not Have Same Drug Prescribing Authority as Physicians
[Regarding “Minnesota Becomes 19th State to Allow Nurse Practitioners Full Scope of Authority to Prescribe,” published online…
Opinion: Physicians May Be Slow to Change Behaviors, Even With Threat of Malpractice
The article by Dr. Waxman in the January 2015 issue of ACEP Now [“What Is Really Driving…
Opinion: Encourage Expansion of Medicaid Programs to Help Save Rural Hospitals
Thank you, Dr. Rogers, for raising this important issue [in “Rural Hospitals Not Open for Business,” January…
Opinion: ACEP, Society of Emergency Medicine Should Advocate for Reform of Rural Hospitals
[Regarding “Rural Hospitals Not Open for Business,” January 2015] one of the easiest ways to help save…
Readers Weigh in on Marijuana Legalization, Decriminalization
The argument that we, as a nation, can “Make Marijuana Safer by Making It Legal” [Oct. 2014]…