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…
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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... -
“Code Black” Documentary about Los Angeles County General Hospital Captures the Challenge, Energy of Emergency Medicine
During his four years of residency at the University of Southern California Los Angeles County General Hospital,... -
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...
“Code Black” Documentary about Los Angeles County General Hospital Captures the Challenge, Energy of Emergency Medicine
During his four years of residency at the University of Southern California Los Angeles County General Hospital,…
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…
CMS Releases Physician Payment Data for the First Time Since 1979
On April 9, 2014, the annual payments individual physicians receive from Medicare were made public by the…
Health Care Professionals Share Insights on Challenges, Future of Emergency Medicine
Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP: What are top challenges in 2014 for health care? Where do…
Duty Hour Requirements To Be Subjected to Scientific Evidence (Finally)
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has given permission for hospitals participating in two new…
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…