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Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

Effective Interventions to Improve the ED Consultation Process

4/10/2023 Tara J. Tardino, MD-MPH , Kunal N. Agarwal, MD , Kristopher A. Hendershot, MD
ED overcrowding correlates with higher mortality, longer time to treatment, and more patients leaving against medical advice or without being seen. Improving the consultation process and decreasing le
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Infectious Disease , Pulmonary

Critical Care Alert: CAPE-COD Trial

3/29/2023 Christian Kasianko, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
The CAPE-COD Trial indicates it might be worth your time to consider hydrocortisone in managing community-acquired pneumonia in admitted patients boarding in the emergency department.
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: Duration of Device-Based Fever Prevention After Cardiac Arrest

3/28/2023 Alex Lucas, MD , Christine Yang, MD , Gabriel Colon, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
A new study evaluates whether the duration of device-based targeted temperature management can affect mortality among cardiac arrest patients.
Op-Ed , Medical Students , Medical Student Council , Away Rotations

Barriers to U.S. Visiting Student Rotations for Overseas Applicants

3/25/2023 Kelsey Mercedes Morgan, RN-BSN, CEN, PMHN , Erin Karl, MD
International medical students face several challenges when they seek rotations in the United States. EMRA, along with our Medical Student Council, worked with relevant stakeholders — including EM pro
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Match , Med Student

Program Director Interview Series: Nikolai Butki, D.O., MPH, FACEP, FACOEP | Program Director at McLaren Oakland Emergency Medicine Residency, Pontiac, MI

3/23/2023 Dorothy Cabantan, MS-III , Dakota Burke, MS-III
In the latest installment of our PD Q&A series, we are highlighting the McLaren Oakland Emergency Medicine Residency program in Pontiac, MI. We spoke with the current PD Nikolai Butki, D.O., about wha
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Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

Experimental Curriculum: Team-Based Learning for New AMA Charting and Coding Guidelines

3/10/2023 Anisha Turner, MD , Alison Haddock, MD, FACEP , Richina Bicette, MD , Sara Andrabi, MD , Theresa Tran, MD , Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP
The AMA Revisions to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for evaluation and management (E/M) kicked into effect this year for emergency department E/M services, making it paramount that res
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology , EMS , Prehospital Care

Critical Care Alert: INCEPTION Trial

3/7/2023 Gabriel Colon, MD , Brian Sumner, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation - ECMO - as an adjunct to CPR following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has gained a lot of attention. The INCEPTION Trial takes a closer look at the evid
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Health Policy Journal Club , Health Policy , Health Care Administration , Social EM

How Much Will This Cost?

3/6/2023 Thuy Nguyen, MD , Vidya Eswaran, MD
Policies that are helping improve the transparency of hospital bills are also shining a light on why self-paying patients might go out of their way to avoid the nearest medical care. Take a closer loo
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Critical Care Alert , Critical Care , Cardiology

Critical Care Alert: CLOVERS Trial

2/28/2023 Brendan Innes, MD , Alex Lucas, MD , Evan McMurray, MD
The CLOVERS trial underscores the fact that fluid resuscitation strategies remain a highly debated and complex topic. It is still possible that specific patients may benefit from a restrictive fluid
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Administration & Operations , Health Care Administration

A Worthy Investment: What Every EM Resident Needs to Know About Reimbursement in 2023

2/22/2023 Nicholas Cozzi, MD, MBA , Jamie Shoemaker, MD , David McKenzie , Bryan Graham, DO , Brian Hiestand, MD , Alexa Golden, MD , Lisa Maurer, MD , Steve Kailes, MD
This paper discusses some basics of emergency medicine coding and reimbursement and is designed to provide you, a graduating resident, some key information as you enter independent practice.