Appeals Court Strips Graduate of MD Degree
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a federal district...
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Month: February 2015
Nanotechnology: Swallow the Surgeon? – Video
Nanobots could be small solutions to big problems. Brad Nelson, a mechanical engineer at ETH...
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Non-Specific Abdominal Pain: Analyzing Repeat ED Use
Research has shown that many patients in the United States present to the ED with gastrointestinal...
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Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence-Infographic
In a survey published in the May 2014 Journal of Emergency Nursing, nearly 800 participants...
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Transitional Care Interventions to Prevent HF Readmissions
According to published research, heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of hospitalization and...
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“Doctor Shopping” After Orthopedic Trauma
Recent reports have shown that the negative consequences of narcotic use are increasing, and...
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Legal Pitfalls: Proctoring, Supervising, and Coaching
Any surgeon who acts as a proctor for another surgeon or supervises residents or mid-level providers should be aware of the potential legal pitfalls. An informative discussion of proctoring and supervision called “Is There...
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Emergency Nursing & Workplace Violence
ED nurses are too commonly exposed to workplace violence, according to findings of a study...
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MVC-Related Eye Injuries in EDs
National studies have shown that motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) are among the leading causes of...
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Depression, Clinical Inertia, & Uncontrolled Hypertension
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for a poor prognosis among patients with...
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Predicting Home Discharge After Surgery
Most surgical patients want to know whether or not they will need to prepare for care at a...
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Exploring Outpatient Antibiotic Programs
Several years ago, New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ) opened an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic...
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The Paucity of Doctor Leaders in Medicine
Changes are happening in the healthcare system whether we like it or not, from the ACA to the...
Read MoreA 17-Year-Old Boy Impersonates a Doctor
In case you haven’t heard, a 17-year-old boy was discovered impersonating a doctor in a West Palm Beach, Florida hospital last month. According to one report, a patient told some staff at the hospital’s outpatient...
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A Look at Smoking Among Cancer Survivors
The 2014 Surgeon General’s Report concluded that smoking by cancer patients and survivors...
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