There’s no doubt that emergency medicine is a buyer’s market. Every year demand increases and residency programs fail to turn out enough physicians to pick up the slack.

We polled 478 EPs on workforce issues.

 

Here’s what you had to say

Enjoy this Night Shift from the EPM archives 

To the Editor:
In the June 2008 issue of Emergency Physician Monthly, Dr. Henry writes a column entitled “Should Sepsis be the Friend of the Elderly?” This piece presents a disturbing and controversial perspective of aging, health economics, and ethics...

Hospital discharge rates can double when the AHA’s new CPR guidelines are consistently and effectively applied, according to a study presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions in November. The study, which took place in seven cities across the country, tracked more than 2,000 patients from experiencing cardiac arrest outside of the hospital all the way through to hospital discharge.  

Just when you thought that it couldn’t get any worse, the government is here to help. 

New 64-slice CT scanner could provide an alternative to extensive chest pain work-ups in the ED and could eliminate up to 25% of diagnostic cardiac caths. 

Greg Henry speaks candidly with EPM editor Mark Plaster about healthcare reform and the questions that will help define the debate.