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States Leverage Their Telepsychiatry Solutions to Ease ED Crowding
Many states are turning to telepsychiatry-based solutions to connect patients with needed care while decompressing their overcrowded EDs.
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Serratia outbreak linked to drug diversion
A former nurse at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics in Madison, who allegedly diverted pain medication for personal use, may be linked to a cluster of infections among patients from the units where she worked, UW officials report.
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Trail of Tears: Fired Drug Diverting HCWs Free to Find Another Hospital
A nurse stealing morphine by replacing it with saline in a medication vial may not have realized she was colonized with Serratia marcescens.
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Increase in ‘Super Losses’ Could Affect Your Medical Malpractice Premiums
A trend toward more medical malpractice with payouts of more than $5 million might affect premiums even for hospitals that have no such history.
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REM Behavior Disorder as a Predictor of Parkinson’s Disease
Here are the results of a carefully executed study of REM behavior disorder patients compared to controls and those with Parkinson’s disease.
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Texting Parents Gets Children to the Office for Second Dose Vaccine
When old-school measures don't work, take a thoroughly modern step that gets results with parents of younger patients: Send them a text.
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The Devalued Body: Symptoms of BPD in Mental Health and Medical Settings
Borderline personality disorder is a complex dysfunction often caused by childhood trauma and it may result in your patients harming themselves.
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Insulin: A Primer
With the continued development of “smarter” pumps, the management of one of the most common chronic conditions is becoming safer and more effective.
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Emergency Psychiatry Update
This issue of Emergency Medicine Reports will review several changes in the recently released Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5) — i.e., specifically those changes most relevant to emergency physicians. We also provide an update on some of the newest medications for depression. -
An Update on Sepsis Clinical Research: Impact on ED Management
The authors review the ups and downs of several landmark sepsis studies from the past 15 years. Their findings are reaffirming and powerful.