Business of Medicine
Commentary
Our National Pastime
With the bases loaded at the bottom of the ninth, the Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of Team Obama’s Affordable Care Act. From the...
News
Paper ED Discharge Instructions: Ready, Set, Delete?
Major Finding: Among the 51% of participants reached by telephone at 30 days, more than 50% across all health literacy levels preferred either a...
Commentary
Episodes of Care
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, some of its provisions will likely be implemented...
Commentary
Safety Net or Trampoline?
How will the states’ challenge to the federal government’s prudent layperson definition of an emergency affect ED care?
Commentary
An Unnecessary Diversion
Why does this Band-Aid approach to a hemorrhaging system continue?
Commentary
Overcrowding: Something New for the New Year?
Something has to be done about overcrowding, but are the new federal measures likely to help or hurt?
Commentary
Father Time and Baby New Year
How is emergency medicine dealing with patients at both extremes of life?
Law & Medicine
Was a suicidal patient properly monitored?
A suicidal patient claims she was not monitored properly in the ED.
Practice Economics
About 15,000 Intentional Poisoning ED Visits in 2009
FRIDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) —In 2009, there were an estimated 14,720 emergency department visits due to intentional drug poisoning, with...
Commentary
Surge Capacity
Along with the heightened concern for preparedness that began with the millennium, surge capacity has been a constant theme for more than a decade...
Commentary
Everything Old Is New Again
The history of the NY Hospital "House of Relief" suggests that even when things are working well, nothing should be taken for granted.