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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

The emergency room has become a pressure cooker, and healthcare professionals are paying the price. series The Pitt has drawn praise for its unflinching portrayal of the ED, including a widely discussed episode in which a patient’s family member violently assaults a nurse. The Warner Bros.

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Medical Cannabis Revisted: A Podcast with David Casarett and Eloise Theisen

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This is back in, I don’t know, like 2014 maybe. Summary Transcript CME Summary Cannabis is complicated. It can mean many things, including a specific type of plant, the chemicals in the plant, synthetic analogs, or products that have these components. I am super excited to have you on, Eloise. Eloise 00:59 Thank you so much.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

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Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got training in Vital Talk and ELNEC.

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‘Not Accountable to Anyone’: As Insurers Issue Denials, Some Patients Run Out of Options

Physician's Weekly

But that’s when his family began fighting another adversary: their health insurer, which decided the treatment was “not medically necessary,” according to insurance paperwork. When the Tennant family was told histotripsy would cost $50,000 and insurance wouldn’t cover it, they appealed the denial four times.