Does anyone in medicine, particularly emergency medicine, understand why we lose money? Why we have to push those metrics so hard to…
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As rewarding as working in emergency medicine can be, it also comes with some significant potential downsides. According to some recent studies,…
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“We will name Memorial Hospital, Dr. Julie Stone, Dr. Vijay Gupta, and ICU nurse Tracy Miller in a malpractice suit involving the…
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Working in the emergency department or emergency room is not for health care practitioners who want to just chill. Although television’s portrayal…
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Dear Lord Jesus, I just finished my shift in the ER. Of course, you knew that. Â But I was thinking about how…
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We all know that there’s a remarkable shortage of physicians in America and that it’s growing worse.  This is especially true in primary…
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What administrators don’t understand about urgent care centers
by Richard Young MD November 12, 2018Several years ago, a group of us concerned about health care costs and outcomes met with some local HR benefit managers. One…
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Compassion. Empathy. These are some of the words commonly thrown around in medical school and residency training. If you ask most medical…