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New technology allows student doctors to practice operations and other procedures on simulators before trying them out on real patients, just as pilots practice for emergencies on aircraft simulators, according to a plenary paper session at the 2009 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) annual meeting in New Orleans on May 14.
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Examining emergency department (ED) chest pain patients with coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is a quick and economical way to rule out serious cardiovascular disease, according to a study presented today at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine's annual conference in New Orleans.
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Middle age introduces itself in many ways; one is atrial fibrillation (AF). My onset of AF seems to have coincided with a mountain bike accident in the woods of North Carolina that resulted in some cracked ribs.
The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).