PEMBlog

MAY 20, 2025

In this episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast , Brad Sobolewski discusses advanced imaging in pediatric emergency care with Dr. Jennifer Marin ( jennifer.marin@chp.edu ) from UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. We know that nine out of ten children that go to the ER do not go to children’s hospital ERs.

Families 101

Families Family Hospital Patient-Centered 101

PEMBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not. JAMA Pediatr.

Patients 52

Patients Illness Hospital Management 52

GeriPal

MARCH 14, 2024

Eric: Well, before we talk about dysphagia and revisit it, which is also interesting, because this is our first podcast, I think on dysphagia, but we’ve talked about it before on GeriPal, in our blog. Eric: And why is it more common in hospitalized adults? What happens after they develop dysphagia in the hospital?

IT 124

IT Hospital Patient-Centered Individual 124

Pamela Wible MD

JUNE 20, 2025

Last week the anti-burnout buzz accelerated when ZDogg quoted my 2015 blog— Burnout is BS —in his viral video “It’s not burnout, it’s moral injury” echoing my advice that we stop saying the victim-blaming term. Solving our crisis requires a definitive diagnosis and treatment plan. Now we’re getting somewhere.

Medical Student 246

Medical Student Diagnosis Physicals Medical 246

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

As we’ve written about on GeriPal when we were a blog (a decade ago!) It also feels like, I also grew up in med school in a three hospital system. There’s the variation between the hospitals, feels like there’s cultural issues that play a role. Eric: Yeah. Why is it that there’s so much difference?

Patient-Centered 111

Patient-Centered Patients IT Healthcare 111