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White Coat's Call Room I made the statement that "I'm glad I'm a doctor" in one of my posts, but when I went back to link to the story behind the statement, I couldn't find it anywhere. So I pulled up the story from the archives and have posted it below. Still holds true today.... Read moreCurrent CME
White Coat's Call Room Never finished describing what happened when we got back from our vacation ... three weeks ago. Dang does time fly.
When we walked in the house, the first thing we noticed was that it smelled like cleaning products. There were a mop and a bucket sittin... Read moreCurrent Features Why should we care about benchmarks? They are a way to be proactive in evaluating and improving your practice before you get criticized, fired, or have your compensation reduced. Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Want more evidence about how many people expect perfect outcomes in medical practice?
Look no further than the Wall Street Journal: "What if the Doctor is Wrong?" by Laura Landro.
As a substantive basis for the conclusion that initial treating physi... Read moreCurrent Features Rolling in like a Trojan horse, CMS is proclaiming that its new ramped up benchmarking efforts are primarily motivated by efforts to improve quality. In reality, they are really focused on cost-reduction. Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Daughter WhiteCoat's reading is going well. In keeping with the previous posts on the topic, she continues to learn about the adventures of Dick and his family and she still can't understand why mom and dad laugh at her as she reads her workbook.
I bet... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room See more medical news from around the web over at the Satellite Edition of this week's Update at ER Stories.
The story of “Dr. Douchebag” and why morale is declining in many of this country’s emergency departments. Even if you say “thank you, s... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Scary findings.
Patients using Coumadin who have any head injury need repeat CT scans.
The study looked at 116 patients who were taking Coumadin and who had any head injury with a GCS of 14 or 15 - regardless of loss of consciousness (patients with ... Read moreOh Henry A new physician-written book sheds much-needed common sense on end-of-life care in the ED. “The Spirit that is in all beings is immortal in them all: for the death of what cannot die, cease thou to sorrow.” Read moreIn My Opinion
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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is an inherited disorder that
affects nearly 100,000 Americans. Since its discovery 101 years ago, SCD
has fallen largely under the academic jurisdiction of hematology.
Today, a small group of clinicians/researchers/scientists (mostly
hematologists) works to add to the body of sickle cell literature
The trend of voluminous, exhaustive discharge instructions puts
the pressure on patients to understand and identify complex risk
factors, like infection. According to the research, this is probably a
bad idea. 
As part of EPM’s commitment to encouraging emergency physicians to
become more effective advocates for our patients and our specialty,
we’ll be running a series of interviews with the emergency physicians
who will be candidates for congressional office in 2012.Recently on Twitter:
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Raul Ruiz: Harvard Scholar and emergency physician vies for political office in Southern California http://t.co/5eDo11oC
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Greg Henry – A new spin on old physics lessons http://t.co/0QxkDqMR
10:00 AM Jan 11th from TweetMeme
