Crowding Case Study Submissions Now Being Accepted Online
Crowding of emergency departments has been a recognized problem nationwide since the 1980s. With reduced numbers of…
Practice Trends
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Value-Based Care Movement Heads Toward the ED
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series looking at how quality-improvement and performance-reporting programs... -
Crowding Case Study Submissions Now Being Accepted Online
Crowding of emergency departments has been a recognized problem nationwide since the 1980s. With reduced numbers of... -
The Privilege of a Lifetime
I was cleaning out my (paper) file cabinet last week and came across my plastic name badge...
The Privilege of a Lifetime
I was cleaning out my (paper) file cabinet last week and came across my plastic name badge…
PQRI, CMS Core Measures Increase Pressure to Report
Some emergency physicians may perceive hospital quality-improvement initiatives as endeavors that were conceived primarily by academic types…
Be Prepared for In-Flight Medical Emergencies
An overhead speaker rings several times and is followed by a brief burst of static. “Ladies and…
The Best Way to Predict the Future Is to Create It
R Health care reform is sending a message to patients, hospitals, payers, and providers that business as…
Emergency Physicians Lead the House of Medicine
It wasn’t so long ago that emergency physicians were often overlooked for appointment to state or national…
ACEP Quietly Continues to Work on Your Behalf
The past several months have seen health care reform dominate the attention of ACEP members, other physicians,…
Alternative Uses for Q-tips
In 1923, Leo Gerstenzang invented the commercial Q-tip after observing his wife attach wads of cotton to…
Reversal of Anticoagulation
Emergency physicians routinely encounter patients who are receiving some form of anticoagulant therapy. This population becomes increasingly…
Value-Based Care Movement Heads Toward the ED
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series looking at how quality-improvement and performance-reporting programs…