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Tax Ills, Market Stabilization, and CHIP: What You Need to Know About the Tax Bill

1/31/2018 Rachel Solnick, MD

Tax Ills, Market Stabilization, and CHIP: What You Need to Know About the Tax Bill Smiling with uncharacteristically good spirits for someone who has been living in the ICU for the past couple of mon

Clinical , Toxicology

Contemporary Caffeinated Complaints

1/29/2018 Travis Marshall, MD

Contemporary Caffeinated Complaints The Drug Abuse Warning Network found that from 2005 to 2011, the number of ED visits for caffeine increased from 1,500 a year to more than 20,000. Today’s caffeine

Health Policy , Health Policy Journal Club

Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Benefit to HIE in the ED?

1/6/2018 Erica Goldstein

Health Policy Journal Club: Is There Benefit to HIE in the ED? Health information exchange (HIE) has the potential to save utilization and cut costs Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

Wellness , Personal

EMRA Wellness: New Year, New You!

1/4/2018 Taryn Webb, MD

EMRA Wellness: New Year, New You! The new year is upon us, and that means many of us will be setting goals for the new year. That's great! Goals are an important part of wellness. Whether professiona

Critical Care , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Incidence of Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Non-shockable Initial Rhythms and No Evidence of STEMI

1/2/2018 Jonathan Jaffe, MD

Critical Care Alert: Incidence of Coronary Intervention in Cardiac Arrest Survivors with Non-shockable Initial Rhythms and No Evidence of STEMI A 59-year-old male presents to the emergency department

Personal , Wellness

EMRA: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

12/8/2017 Taryn Webb, MD

EMRA: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year The holiday season is upon us! Bright lights! Festive decor! And a string of... overnight shifts? As EM doctors, the holiday season can be a harsh remi

Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy

How Much Should Health Care Cost?

12/6/2017 Erica Goldstein

How Much Should Health Care Cost? There is no standard for how much insurers should pay for physician services There is no standard for how much health care services should cost nationally, so it is

Critical Care , Clinical , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care ALERT! Apneic Oxygenation in RSI

12/4/2017 Yanika Wolfe, MD

Critical Care ALERT! Apneic Oxygenation in RSI A 57-year-old male presents to the emergency department for shortness of breath. He became more hypoxic despite applying NIPPV. You decided to proceed w

Critical Care , Clinical , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock (ATHOS-III)

12/4/2017 Sam Khan, MD

Critical Care Alert: Angiotensin II for the Treatment of Vasodilatory Shock (ATHOS-III) A 68-year-old female with recurrent UTIs presents to the ED with 3 days of fever, back pain, and dysuria. She i

Ultrasound

Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output

11/30/2017 Marsia Vermeulen, DO, FACEP , Joseph Levin, MD

Management of Shock: Bedside Assessment of Cardiac Output A 75-year-old male with a past medical history of congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease pres