Tag: end-of-life

Doctors are Ready to Cut Costs – But Are Patients?

November 28th, 2011
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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, 2011
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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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Posted in Future of Healthcare, Life in the ER