Emergency Medicine

Boxing Day Returns: Admitting Services May Return 1 Unwanted Holiday Admission to the ER

0
HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA - McMaster University has been at the forefront of Canadian Medical research progress (pronounced pro-gress north of the border) since shortly after...
"Mostly useless!" credentialing process

Transfer Records Lacking Hundreds of Useless Pages

0
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Dr. Rajiv Katar, a physician at Philadelphia General Hospital, was astonished on Friday to receive transfer records that included a discharge...

Product Review: Heartbeats by Dr. Dre Stethoscopes

0
Pros / The bass on these Heartbeats by Dr. Dre stethoscopes are SICK!  Besides, who wouldn't want a bluetooth stethoscope blessed by Dr. Dre? Cons / You...

Medical Team Sues Difficult Patient for Pain & Suffering

0
BIRMINGHAM, AL - Sometimes enough is enough.  A multidisciplinary inpatient medical team at Birmingham Medical Center (BMC) is taking difficult patient and frequent flyer Jason...
hospital patient

21 Tips for Patients on How to Be Good Patients: From Health Care Professionals

94
Ok, it is time to be brutally honest to our patients.  As health care professionals, we want to take amazing care of them.  We...
physician score

Check Your TriBureau PhyCU Physician Reimbursement Score Today!

1
We all know that Physician Compliance Union (PhyCU) Reimbursement Scores are critical to maintain.  But do you know how they are determined and what...
emergency physician

Emergency Medicine Attending Admits Patient Without Resident Assistance

0
Dr. Ellie Goodmedicine, an attending physician in the Department of Emergency Medicine at New York City Hospital, stunned the department’s residency program by admitting...
patient satisfaction

Brothel Workers Consulted in Patient Satisfaction Project

31
RENO, NV - In what is being called a "fresh" and "unorthodox" effort to boost patient satisfaction survey scores, Heart of The Valley Hospital...

Overdose Victim Mutters ‘Don’t Give Me Narcan’ as Medics Arrive on the Scene

0
SEATTLE, WA - Emergency medical services (EMS) told reporters yesterday that they received another call to Ned Smith’s residence, a local ER frequent flyer, after neighbors...

Surgeon Rips on Nurses, Hospitalists, and ER Docs, and Twitter Delivers a Massive Takedown

0
TWITTERVERSE - A colorectal surgeon posted a rant about the care he received in an odd location "Psychology Today." The rant, which since has...