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Today's Wall Street Journal has commentary from Dr. Scott Gottlieb on the Obama healthcare plan I have been blogging about. He notes how successful Federally Qualified Health clinics have been in Chicago. "those clinics have been hampered by...
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8/12/08 Marie Coco, syndicated columnist with The Washington Post, echoed my sentiments regarding the health care crisis . Mentioning that if it was not for the price of gas, the real estate market crumbling, and the credit and banking crisis, healthcare...
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In a front page article by the San Francisco Chronicle , they describe a report by the CDC, that reveals what we in Emergency Medicine know all too well. We have become the primary care providers of the community. To quote the article: "The likely...
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Senator McCain's Health Care plan says that the problem with healthcare is that it is too expensive and that there are 47 million who are uninsured. The McCain plan wants it to be easier for families to get the insurance they need. This will be done...
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I wanted to devote some time to my thoughts on the presidential candidates' healthcare plans as they are currently written. I will start today with a review of the Obama plan and then in a subsequent entry the McCain plan. To quote the Obama plan...
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Well the ACEP Scientific Assembly is coming up in October. You had better hurry and register now, Seattle is a fun city and everyone wants to be there, especially after the New Orleans convention last year. It is a chance to recharge your emergency medicine...
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Most docs have recognized the ridiculous science behind the Quality rules requiring antibiotics in Community Aquired Pneumonia within 4 hours of arrival at the hospital. Finally, there is a study from our home NJ Medical School in Newark, NJ that reveals...
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The National Safety Council put out the odds of dying from injury based on 2003 data. I recently reviewed this very interesting data and thought it was time to break some myths. The media typically makes a big deal about shark attacks, alligator attacks,...
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Recently, I had a small room that I wanted a surround home theater in but did not want the need to run wires to rear surround speakers. So I checked out the Yamaha YSP-800 and the Polk Audio Sound Bar. The Yamaha was the better of the two for sure, but...
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Well, those of you returning to my site will see that we have had a major facelift. The color scheme is better. The whole format is easier to navigate and to use. I have the easy ability to publish photos. The comments sections are more controlled so...
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So you say overcrowding is an issue at your hospital. Your ED is regularly filled with admitted holds (patients admitted to the hospital waiting for beds, for those non-emergency affiliated readers). Your emergency nursing staff is burdened with inpatient...
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NJ ACEP in an effort to push overcrowding and surge capacity to the forefront recently held a townhall meeting/press conference on the topic. This was through a grant from national ACEP. The event was featured by the following press agencies: The Record...
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Well, I am happy to see that the American College of Emergency Physicians is doing all it can to keep up with evolving technologies. From having our council meeting with wireless connections and live web presentations to now the addition of blogging....
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I was having a bad day, a small squabble at home, I hit a curb with my car, the usual B.S. and politics at work, it was morning, etc. I was starting to feel better, made an appropriate apology, but still a little aggravated, (none of which is good for...
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The other day I saw a patient with abdominal pain. The patient had the pain for some time. They had a CT scan of the abdomen at an outpatient radiology facility the day before. I asked if she knew the result, and she said, “No, but can't you just...
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This article per Reuter's reveals something that I am not surprised about. Physicians especially in their privat offices are not using computers to document patient records, write prescriptions or to track patients' routine preventative care. Working...
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Finally got the ION ITT USB turntable that I have been looking for months. Originally, saw it on the Gizmodo blog almost a year ago. Then could find it on a number of retail sites but it was always sold out. Finally, found it available on the Circuit...
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Well in my continued quest for the best cup of coffee, a colleague caught my interest explaining how he only makes coffee with a French Press. Well, I went out to get one. Found one for about 15 dollars at Target, nothing fancy but works well. Amazon...
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Attended this conference a couple weeks ago, and as usual it is probably one of ACEP’s most interesting conferences. There are great talks on the current politics facing our college and then of course visits to your representatives on Capitol Hill....
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I am not concerned about bird flu at this point. I think most of it is media frenzy. Yes there have been 100 deaths worldwide from it, but how many people die from the flu in the US. The graph below gives a percentage of those who die from the flu/pneumonia...
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Is this fair? So Geico actuarials are out there rating their customers based on level of education and job status. They feel that this correlates with some decreased level of auto accident risk if you have received a higher level education and hold a...
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Has anyone noticed the overabundance of people wearing iPods while they are working? In fact I even witnessed a nurse in my ED wearing one while she was working. I really did not know how to react. Turns out she isn’t the only one and staff have...
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Once again the alarmists at the FDA are going forward and giving a good drug a bad wrap. This time it is benzocaine , a topical anesthetic, that is especially useful to anesthetize the inside of the mouth and throat before introducing a tube into the...
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I have always been a big Batman fan; from the hokey days with Adam West in the 70's to the modern day “Batman Begins”, but now the Caped Crusader is ready to fight terror wear it has begun. Batman will be hunting down Osama bin Laden and whoopin...
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Recently, I was made aware of a case of Pertussis in my area. Now I had read about a resurgence in Pertussis in adults and young adults, but have not actually seen or perhaps recognized any. Typically young adults and adults have a milder form of the...
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