Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: What accounts for huge emergency department bills? Elizabeth Tracey reports Many people who seek care in an emergency department may subsequently be unpleasantly surprised by the size of the bill, especially those whose insurance covers the hospital facility …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Why don’t urgent care centers reduce ED crowding? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people seek medical care in the ED they often face lengthy waits, and urgent care centers, frequently located adjacent to emergency departments, were supposed to be …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:01 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Urgent care centers haven’t taken the heat off emergency departments, Elizabeth Tracey reports Urgent care centers were heralded as the answer to emergency department overcrowding and lengthy delays in treatment for those who went there, but a recent …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 10:36 — 14.6MB)
Subscribe: RSS
This week’s topics include dementia and depression, complications of implanted defibrillators, the most common emergency surgeries, and treatment of insomnia. Program notes: 0:35 Treatment of insomnia 1:35 Medications only for short term 2:32 Has to be provided outside physician’s office …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 10:08 — 13.9MB)
Subscribe: RSS
This week’s topics include chest pain in the ED, long term effects of lithium, steroids and sciatica, and new asthma treatment. Program notes: 0:50 Asthma management 1:50 Modified DNA enzymes 2:31 Lithium and kidney, thyroid and parathyroid 3:31 Increased risk …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 10:27 — 14.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
This week’s topics include Fusobacterium pharyngitis, steroids in pneumonia, electric fans and overheating, and varenicline for smoking cessation in reluctant patients. Program notes: 0:34 Reluctant smokers 1:35 Year long large study 2:32 Vast majority of people did well 3:28 Electric …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 986.6KB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Shootings are not a concern in hospitals, but violence is, Elizabeth Tracey reports When shootings hit the news we all worry about safety. Gabor Kelen, director of emergency medicine at Johns Hopkins, says his recent study shows the …
