Tag: end-of-life
Doctors are Ready to Cut Costs – But Are Patients?
November 28th, 2011by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
USA Today this week published another story on the continuing theme of innovative health systems and physician leaders who are finding big cost savings while providing better patient care. I know most if not all physicians are interested in providing more cost-effective care, but a recent encounter in the ER led me to wonder whether […]
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Does Emergency Medicine Really Matter?
November 15th, 2011by: Dr. Angelo Falcone
I’m always curious when people ask what I do and I say I work in an ER: what exactly do they imagine I do there? They may picture us treating sniffles, ankle sprains, and the uninsured. At least, that’s what some in media and politics would have them imagine. You want to know what I […]
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