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Springing Forward

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as the Health Care Reform Act of...

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The Winter of Our Discontent

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

There have been worse winters in our country’s history than the one just passed, but the lingering aftermath of the 2008-2009 economic recession...

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A Woman of Valor

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

On Tuesday, January 19, 2010, Dr. Keyhan (Kay) Farian died at the age of 80, after being struck by an SUV in front of her home in Nyack, New York...

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One Size Fits Most

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

A recent holiday gift of a robe with a tag reading “one size fits most” (as opposed to all) made me wonder why it took so long for the clothing...

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Emergency Medicine's 40th Year

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

The year drawing to a close has been an eventful one for health care in the United States and for emergency medicine. With the continuing...

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A Bad Influence

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

Many years ago, while seeing patients in a hospital urgent care center, I overheard a sessional physician tell a middle-aged man: "You probably...

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"But Wait! There's More..."

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

On days when our department administrator reminds me that I need to once again take the hospital online course on procedural sedation or that my...

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Resuscitating Health Care

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

How will health care reform affect the emergency department and its physicians? EM's editor-in-chief takes a closer look.

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A Tale of Two Cities

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

In early June I spent several days in Canada as visiting professor of emergency medicine for the University of Toronto's affiliated residencies....

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Sheldon Jacobson, MD: 1938-2009

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

Sheldon Jacobson, MD, Emergency Medicine's longest-serving board member, editor of this journal's "Errors in Emergency Practice" column since 1978...

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Beyond the Crossroads

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

The 2006 Institute of Medicine report Emergency Medical Services at the Crossoads portrayed a nationwide prehospital care system lacking not only...

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Another ER Closes

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

Data from the CDC indicate that about 10% of the emergency departments in this country have closed since 1995.

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"My Patient"

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

March is the month when graduating medical students find out where they will spend the next few years learning how to be physicians and surgeons,...

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Remarkable Missions

Author:
Neal Flomenbaum, MD

As I started to write this editorial about the 40th anniversary of Emergency Medicine, I was alerted to the crash landing of a fully-fueled...

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