This may come as a shock, but when you tell patients no, it negatively impacts patient satisfaction.  But that doesn't make you a bad doctor, regardless of what CMS says.

Know the laws in your state and hospital policies that govern what your responsibility is in regard to working with law enforcement.

This article is a sobering reminder that mistakes with online activity can cost one's career.  We know the obvious blunders, but this editorial explores 3 more subtle ways our smartphones could damage our reputations.

There is no such thing as a "black cloud."  Those who self-identified as a black-cloud were also identified as such by their peers, but a look at the actual PED metrics showed no statistical difference except higher admission rate.  I'm not sure I believe this, but there you go...

Female surgeons had small but significantly improved 30-day mortality and other surgical outcomes over male surgeons, all other factors being equal.

Why do people seek emergency or urgent care?  This quick systematic review of the literature identified 5 reasons.

Implicit racial bias is likely influencing us in the ED, but whether that translates into impacting clinical decision making remains to be seen.

Managing interruptions by delaying or rejecting the interruption may improve safety when they occur during critical tasks.

ED opioid policies can make a big impact on prescribing patterns in a group of providers and help curb the current epidemic of opiate abuse.

The ED workflow has unavoidable peak hours in volume.  The key is improving off-peak hours by pushing ourselves to see new patients while managing existing ones.