Adverse Events in Abdominal Surgery: The Financial Impact
Patient safety continues to be a national healthcare priority since recent landmark reports and...
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Emergency Medicine
Conference Highlights: AAN 2016
New research was presented at AAN 2016, the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology,...
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Conference Highlights: ACC.16
Cryoballoon Vs Radiofrequency Ablation for AF The Particulars: Evidence suggests that...
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Preventing Firearm Injuries: A Call for Action
Each year, more than 32,000 people die as a result of firearm-related violence, suicides, and...
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Simplifying ED Pain Management
Considering that the amount of opioid needed to control pain varies from patient to patient, it is...
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Disability & Cognition After MI & Stroke
Recent estimates show that there are approximately 7.6 million myocardial infarction (MI)...
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Opioids: Future Use Among Adolescents
Opioids are potent narcotics that benefit patients with pain, but legitimate use of these agents...
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Alternative Therapy for Chronic Pain
The Institute of Medicine estimates that chronic musculoskeletal pain affects about 100 million...
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Medical School: Sex Differences & Academic Rank
According to current estimates, women now make up half of all graduates of medical schools in the...
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Patient Flow & Waiting for Triage
CMS requires that hospitals report time-based metrics to evaluate how EDs are performing, and it...
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Screening Trauma Patients for Drinking Behavior
Acute alcohol consumption has been identified as a risk factor for traumatic injuries and can...
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Conference Highlights: Hospital Medicine 2016
Analyzing Malpractice Claims Against Hospitalists The Particulars: Hospitalists often have...
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Smoking Cessation in Low-Income ED Patients
Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable death and illness in the United States. Recent...
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Diversity in the Physician Workforce
In the past several years, the goal for better diversification of the physician workforce in the...
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Psychiatric ED Boarding
Psychiatric boarding is becoming an increasingly prevalent practice that disrupts patient care and...
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Conference Highlights: 2016 Critical Care Congress
New research was presented at the 2016 Critical Care Congress, the Society of Critical Care...
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A Look at Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Mortality
Published data show that more than 30,000 Americans suffer from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a...
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Do Video Recordings Help or Hurt Doctors?
A recent event at the trauma center where I work raised some serious questions regarding the use...
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Examining Information Sharing Preferences
Research has shown that older patients often share control over decision-making and personal...
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Opioid Misuse, Abuse, & Addiction
In recent years, clinicians have changed their attitudes regarding the use of opioids in light of...
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