When the Antibiotic Combination “Vosyn” Isn’t Enough for Sepsis
Emergency physicians are frequently shamed by hospital antibiotic stewards for overprescribing vancomycin and Zosyn (piperacillin/tazobactam), a combination…
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When the Antibiotic Combination “Vosyn” Isn’t Enough for Sepsis
Emergency physicians are frequently shamed by hospital antibiotic stewards for overprescribing vancomycin and Zosyn (piperacillin/tazobactam), a combination... -
Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association Celebrates 45th Anniversary
The Past “So there we were in a hotel bar in Dallas in the spring of 1974,... -
Emergency Medicine Foundation Announces 2019–2020 Grantees
Mid-Career Research Development Ryan McCormack, MD, MS NYU Langone Health Rapid Induction of Buprenorphine in the Emergency...
Emergency Medicine Residents’ Association Celebrates 45th Anniversary
The Past “So there we were in a hotel bar in Dallas in the spring of 1974,…
Emergency Medicine Foundation Announces 2019–2020 Grantees
Mid-Career Research Development Ryan McCormack, MD, MS NYU Langone Health Rapid Induction of Buprenorphine in the Emergency…
2019–2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report
Emergency physician incomes in most areas of the United States continue to increase. In 2009–2010, the national…
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care’s Time Has Come
Fundamentally, single-payer insurance is about changing the way we pay for the health care we already have….
Opinion: Single Payer Health Care Would Be Detrimental to Emergency Physicians
If you think health care is expensive now, wait till it’s free.” ―P.J. O’Rourke By the common…
ACEP4U: Improving Patient Access to Mental Health Care
Nearly one in five American adults struggles with some form of mental illness, and ED visits for…
CMS Proposed Rule Includes 2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Increase
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released two long awaited proposed rules: the 2020…
When Patients Turn Violent
When I took my first job as an attending emergency physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New…