Jan 10 2022
Right on the Money? Gender Pay Gaps in EM
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Within academic emergency medicine, female physicians hold fewer leadership roles than male physicians. When they do, they work more clinical hours and are paid significantly less than their male counterparts.
Apr 05 2021
Leadership 101 – Commitments, Character, Competencies
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A healthcare leader keeps certain commitments, shows character, and learns defined competencies that enable their teams to flourish and succeed.
Apr 27 2020
COVID-19 Hospital Capacity Calculator
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This calculator from Penn Medicine can help local hospitals plan for COVID-19 surges.
Apr 14 2020
Heroes in Crisis – Emergency Responders Need A Hand
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A hospital-based trauma center may be the ideal safe place for community emergency responders to get the mental health assistance they need related to the emotional trauma associated with their work.
Apr 09 2020
Point | Counterpoint – POCUS Does Not Need Credentialing
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These authors think point-of-care ultrasound should not require special institutional credentialing or privileging, as it is non-invasive, easy to learn, and nearly ubiquitous in residency and critical care medicine training.
Apr 08 2020
Point | Counterpoint – POCUS Needs Credentialing
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Since critical care medicine programs do not have explicit training requirements or standards for point-of-care ultrasound, these authors think that an institution should prove competence through credentialing and privileging.
Feb 27 2020
Does Prolonged Disposition Time Increase Mortality?
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Time to ED disposition ≥4 hours was associated with increased 30-day mortality. This was more likely in complex patients or those being admitted to psychiatric, surgical, or oncology services.
Feb 26 2020
How Not to Handle Frequent Flyers
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Deploying a team of healthcare professionals to assist patients with complex medical and social needs at hospital discharge did not reduce readmission rate.
Feb 18 2020
Top Ten Pearls for Right Care in the Emergency Department
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These are the top ten pearls to help us do the right thing for our patients in the ED. These are broader and complement Choosing Wisely for EM.
Feb 03 2020
Active Shooter- Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
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style="white-space:pre-wrap;">There is debate as to whether healthcare workers should follow the FBI recommendation to “Run, Hide, Fight” in an active shooter incident or to follow a different plan to “Secure, Preserve, Fight” to protect our patients first. What do you think?