StorytellERdoc

JULY 10, 2014

Emergency, as per the all-knowing Webster, is defined as an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action. Furthermore, an emergency is also defined as an urgent need for assistance or relief. To office appointments sent to the ER because "we are overbooked today." Broken bones.

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Family Doctor Illness 100

StorytellERdoc

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Several years ago, my daughter Emma introduced me to some videos on YouTube of a dermatologist from California who posted her sometimes shocking but always intriguing encounters with patients who suffered from a variety of dermatologic issues. Suddenly, my job as an ER physician was boring. Well, okay--Emma liked pus and blackheads.

IT 100

IT ER Patient-Centered Patients 100

StorytellERdoc

APRIL 23, 2014

I returned my gaze to this patient and gave her a smile as I approached her bedside. Of dropping everything at that very moment to be at their parent's side during an Emergency Room visit. On review of her previous visits, I had noticed that she had never been to our ER before. Sam was her only immediate family left.

ER 100

ER Emergency Room Physicals IT 100

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

Summary Transcript CME Summary Early in my research career, I was fascinated by the (then) frontier area of palliative care in the emergency department. I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here?

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

And Bill Andereck is still haunted by the decision he made to have the police break down the door to rescue his patient who attempted suicide in the 1980s, as detailed in this essay in the Cambridge Quarterly of HealthCare Ethics. The patient case. I think the theme is more saving someone’s life and the regret that follows.

Patients 98

Patients IT Patient-Centered Hospital 98

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

We talk with Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones about the hospital-at-home movement, which has been shown to reduce costs, improve outcomes and improve the patient experience. JAGS Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Hospital 115

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT 115

GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

Two-thirds of the patients in the home now have COVID-19. Seventeen of your patients are dead. The other physicians who previously saw patients in the nursing home are no longer coming to your facility because you have COVID positive patients. You’re short on gowns and facemasks. Did I summarize that right, Darrell?

Nurse Practitioner 136

Nurse Practitioner Patient-Centered Vaccination Emergency Room 136