Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine
Continual improvement of safe, effective care delivery is a goal of every clinician. Involving our patients in…
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Choosing Wisely Recommendations from Medical Specialties Beyond Emergency Medicine
Continual improvement of safe, effective care delivery is a goal of every clinician. Involving our patients in... -
How Emergency Physicians Should Treat Chronic Pain Patients Without Adequate Follow Up
Scenario 1: Mr. Smith is a 42-year-old male who has come to the ED because he is... -
Hormone Replacement Therapy Coverage in ACEP Now Criticized
As a practicing, board-certified emergency physician, I wanted to respond to the recent May 2014 issue in...
How Emergency Physicians Should Treat Chronic Pain Patients Without Adequate Follow Up
Scenario 1: Mr. Smith is a 42-year-old male who has come to the ED because he is…
Hormone Replacement Therapy Coverage in ACEP Now Criticized
As a practicing, board-certified emergency physician, I wanted to respond to the recent May 2014 issue in…
Washington Chapter ACEP Brings Fight Against Psychiatric Boarding to the Courts
UPDATE: Psych Boarding Ruled Unlawful in Washington State Stephen Anderson, MD, fully felt the impact of emergency…
Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…
Decreased Public Mental Health Spending Raises Concerns over Psychiatric Patient Boarding
The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on…
Congress Questions Ethics Behind FDA Approval of Zohydro ER
The FDA’s approval of the hydrocodone drug Zohydro ER has been met with criticism from health care…
Emergency Physicians Urged Not to Prescribe New Opioid, Zohydro ER, Given High Potential for Abuse
Despite the United States encompassing just 5 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for 84 percent…
Critics of Zohydro ER Approval Suspect Conflict of Interest with Pharmaceutical Industry
Whether you buy into a Food and Drug Administration conspiracy theory or not, there are many problems…
How to Recognize and Act on Risk Factors for Domestic Violence Homicide
Women are killed by intimate partners more often than by any other type of perpetrator. One in…