Emergency Physicians Find Opportunities for Patient Care, Career Advancement in VA Hospitals
After three deployments, 13 moves, and an incredible variety of jobs and experiences, I retired from the…
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Emergency Physicians Find Opportunities for Patient Care, Career Advancement in VA Hospitals
After three deployments, 13 moves, and an incredible variety of jobs and experiences, I retired from the... -
Is Technology Putting Health in the Hands of Patients or Taking It Out of the Hands of Physicians?: <i>An Interview with Dr. Eric Topol</i>
Dr. Kevin Klauer: I’m very excited and interested to talk to you because of your background in... -
Physical Exam Critical to Rule Out Unnecessary Lab Tests
I am writing in response to the article “The Death of the Physical Exam” by Shari Welch,...
Is Technology Putting Health in the Hands of Patients or Taking It Out of the Hands of Physicians?: An Interview with Dr. Eric Topol
Dr. Kevin Klauer: I’m very excited and interested to talk to you because of your background in…
Physical Exam Critical to Rule Out Unnecessary Lab Tests
I am writing in response to the article “The Death of the Physical Exam” by Shari Welch,…
Medical Claim Reimbursement Upheld for Auto-Related EMS Response, Trauma Care in Minnesota
Minnesota is a “no-fault” auto insurance state, providing that auto insurance policies include first-dollar medical coverage, up…
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Should Take Cautious Approach to Incentives that Boost Patient Satisfaction
Jay Kaplan MD, FACEP, recently argued in ACEP Now (April 2014) that emergency physicians should embrace patient…
Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance Reports on Data Survey for Next-Generation ED Design
The design of emergency departments (EDs) is evolving with the changes in patients served, diagnostic testing utilized,…
SuperTrack Approach to Patient Segmentation Aids Emergency Departments
For emergency departments seeing medium to high volumes of patients, the concept of patient segmentation is becoming…
Google Glass May Help Emergency Physicians Improve Patient Care
Last September, emergency physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston began testing a new technology…
Emergency Physicians Increasingly Work Simultaneously as Hospitalists in Nation’s Smallest Hospitals
On a recent Friday, Pattie Malone, MD, worked the emergency room at Ocean Beach Hospital, a 25-bed,…
ACEP’s Choosing Wisely Recommendations Stress Importance of Shared Decision Making in Emergency Medicine
During ACEP’s annual conference in Seattle last fall, the College released its five recommendations for inclusion in…