The successes and failures of physician in triage regarding waiting room hours, length of stay and consults. 

Why are we are still subjecting patients–particularly children–to dangerous doses of CT radiation when imaging for appendicitis?

Should the Joint Commission mandate all hospital employees get the flu shot?

The emergency department is undoubtedly the area of the hospital that most frequently requires the services of interpreters. As of January 1, 2011, the Joint Commission requires the use of “qualified translators” in the emergency department 24/7.

In this installment of "Rick's Picks" Rick Bukata discusses a couple law suits resulting from excessive emergency department wait times. Should the Joint Commission step in? 

In a follow-up to January’s analysis of COCPR, Rick Bukata, MD, reviews a new round of
abstracts and answers the question: Is compression-only CPR data too good to be true?

John Schedin was awarding of 1.8 million by Johnson & Johnson after suffering from bilateral ruptures of the achilles tendons after receiving Levaquin for bronchitis. 

Recent retail clinic comparison studies highlight the need for EDs to take a hard look at patient value and sub-par service. 

If you were to ask pretty much any layman if they thought that it was required that hospital personnel get flu shots, I dare say that most would answer yes. After all, it makes sense. Our nurses and doctors should be protected from getting the flu from patients and patients should be expected not to get the flu from the doctors and staff.

Dr. Rick Bukata gives Grand Rounds at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), asking the question: "Would any other industry allow a three-fold variability in the ordering of a test over an entire year?" More importantly, how can a physician challenge overtesters with hard data. The answer? 6%. Watch the exclusive video to find out why.