Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: Dancing On My Own

7/21/2025 Nicholas S. Imperato , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD

Efforts to minimize "unnecessary" emergency department visits may be misdirected. A review of insurance claims - including Medicaid - found that many patients, particularly from lower socioeconomic st

POCUS For the Win , Ophthalmology

POCUS for the Win: Retinal Detachment, Vitreous Hemorrhage, and Posterior Vitreous Detachment

7/1/2025 Edward Guo, MD , Alex Kuc, MD , Alyse Volino, MD

Ophthalmologic complaints are a common reason for visits to the emergency department, with nearly 2 million cases per year. Many of the problems stem from retinal detachment, posterior vitreous detach

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POCUS For the Win , Trauma , Urology

POCUS for the Win: Snap Judgment - Point of Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Penile Fracture

6/30/2025 Sean Beckman , Eugene J. Kim, MD

A penile fracture is a rare urological emergency, with an estimated 500–600 cases reported annually in the United States. While imaging should not delay surgical intervention when necessary, studies s

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Administration & Operations , Social EM

Health Policy Journal Club: 50 Years Later, Still Waiting for a Doctor

6/23/2025 Samantha Powell, DO, MPH , Vidya Eswaran, MD , Rachel Solnick, MD

In 1965, the U.S. government predicted a physician shortage, or (more accurately), an imbalanced distribution of physicians in the country. To prevent this, the government created Health Professional

Questions , Board Review

Board Review Questions: August 2025

6/18/2025

Test your knowledge with these questions from PEERprep.

Editor's Forum , COVID-19

The Evolution of the Physician's Mask

5/29/2025 Morgan Sweere, MD, MPH

A safety precaution as simple as a mask has become the symbol of the struggle physicians face during – and after – a public health crisis. Whether it was the Black Death or COVID-19, the physician’s m

Critical Care Devices , Critical Care , Pulmonary

Critical Care Device Series: Pulmonary Artery Catheter (Part 2 of 3)

5/29/2025 Pooja Dave, MD , Dominique Gelmann, MD , Jordan Nogle, DO , John P. Gaillard, MD

In Part 2 of this Critical Care Device series, we continue to learn about the Swan-Ganz catheter. Pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) are considered a valuable diagnostic and management tool in cardioge

Infectious Disease , Neurology

I’ve Got Herpes on the BRAIN! A Case of HSV Encephalitis

5/28/2025 Alexis Bromley, MD

Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic fatal encephalitis worldwide. The clinical syndrome is often characterized by the rapid onset of fever, headache,

Administration & Operations , Medical Education , Health Care Administration

Getting Down to Business: A Residency-Based Business Curriculum for Emergency Physicians

5/28/2025 Nicholas Stark, MD, MBA , John Wong, MS , Jaskaran Bains, MD, MBA , Dina Wallin, MD

In today's complex health care system, physicians simultaneously act as clinicians, participants, and managers, often with minimal training in health systems management. A lack of education in basic b

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Cardiology

The Tales of (Cardiac) TNK

5/20/2025 Dulari Patel, DO , Crystal Triplett, MD , Brenda Sokup, DO

We examine two cases of acute myocardial infarction that required thrombolytics administration in the emergency department, prior to cardiac catheterization. Although outcomes differed, these cases hi

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