September 15, 2021
Mistreatment in the workplace is common among residents in emergency medicine (EM), according to the results of a new study published online August 19 in JAMA […]
August 25, 2021
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Texas hospital systems are increasingly closing temporarily their off-site emergency rooms and […]
August 11, 2021
It was a typical, busy evening shift in the emergency department (ED) when Steve Carroll, DO, an emergency medicine physician in the Philadelphia area, noticed an […]
August 6, 2021
A 72-year-old man who was struggling to breathe arched his back and waved his arm in an apparent bid to get someone’s attention shortly before slumping […]
July 16, 2021
Administering high-dose buprenorphine in the emergency department (ED) to individuals with untreated opioid use disorder (OUD) is safe, well tolerated, and may help get more patients […]
July 16, 2021
The care was ordinary. A hospital in Modesto, California, treated a 30-year-old man for shoulder and back pain after a car accident. He went home in […]
July 2, 2021
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a former health department […]
June 17, 2021
Responding to pressure from doctor and hospital associations, United Healthcare has postponed the start of its controversial emergency room visit review policy, which was scheduled to […]
May 25, 2021
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