The Art of Giving Bad News
As a brand new intern, I had this art form thrust on me. It was during my third month of my intern...
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Month: August 2015
EMR Alerts: Crying Wolf
Anyone who has spent time on the Internet has seen those annoying pop-up ads that contaminate...
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Medical Tourism – Infographic
Of 9 common procedures evaluated in a study of 11 developed countries, U.S. prices were...
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Antiviral Therapy for Influenza
Influenza has been well established as a potentially dangerous pathogen and common cause for...
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Atrial Fibrillation: A Welcome Guideline Update
Studies have shown that the incidence and prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) increases as...
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Cardiac Biomarker Testing in the ED
Cardiac biomarkers have emerged as a powerful tool to rapidly detect an acute coronary syndrome...
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Rx Pain Drugs Surveying Practices & Beliefs
According to current estimates, the clinical use of prescription opioids nearly doubled between...
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Elective PCI: Examining How Information Is Presented
For patients with stable coronary disease, studies have shown that PCI does not reduce the risk...
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Opioid Use & Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA), a procedure designed for treating diseased rotator cuff tears...
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Dealing With the Aging Surgeon
According to published research and anecdotal evidence, the aging surgeon remains a problem...
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Hypertension Trends in the U.S.
Healthy People 2020 is a national initiative that was launched in 2010 and outlines 10-year goals...
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Analyzing the Appropriate Use of Statins
Recently, the recently American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association...
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Illustrating the Importance of Cholesterol
The Foundation of the National Lipid Association, the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses...
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Ethical Pain Management in the ED
According to published reports, up to 75% of ED patients present with pain-related complaints, and...
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Show Me the Money – Infographic
Nearly 20,000 physicians across 25 specialties responded to Medscape’s 2015 Compensation Survey....
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Keeping Claims from Becoming Denials in ICD-10
Have you ever found a recipe in a magazine that you wanted to try? You did your best to follow the...
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How Online Medical Crowdsourcing Helped Save a Life
There is nothing more horrifying in the world than a parent watching their child get sick and die....
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Show Me the Money – Infographic
Medscape released its 2015 physician compensation report. Where do you stand?
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The High Healthcare Costs of Smoking
Researchers in the United States estimate that nearly 9% of annual healthcare spending in 2010...
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