Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture…
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Physical Exam in Patient Care Not Only Practice Threatened as Role of Emergency Physicians Evolves
It seems easier being retired from clinical practice and living outside the United States to see big-picture... -
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available... -
What ED Performance Measures Should Mean to You
Important data sources and applications of ED measures and how they can impact the practice of emergency...
Expanded Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency Department Raises Need for Cohort Data
The utilization of diagnostic testing in the ED has expanded with the growing number of tools available…
What ED Performance Measures Should Mean to You
Important data sources and applications of ED measures and how they can impact the practice of emergency…
Does a 10-Item Physical Exam Add Value to Patient Care?
Why a general health check may become obsolete As every emergency physician knows, the practical exam required…
The Conversation Project Bridges Gap in End-of-Life Care Preferences
Health care initiative helps patients with chronic diseases articulate to providers what matters most in their dying…
Patients’ Wishes for End-of-Life Care Seldom Followed
Steep Medicare spending at end of life, lengthy ICU stays for patients with chronic illnesses evidence of…
ISO a Just Health Care System
I read with interest Dr. David Baehren’s opinion piece on the EMTALA mandate requiring that emergency physicians…
The Use of Scribes in the Emergency Department
Scribes have been around as a profession for as long as there has been written language. In…
Staffing an ED Appropriately and Efficiently
Having the right mix of physicians, nurses, midlevel providers, and support staff in the emergency department can…
Quality Performance Measures Track ED
The National Quality Forum (NQF) has issued a new set of emergency department performance measures. And not…