Browsing: Patient Interactions

Patient Interactions , Addiction Medicine

Buprenorphine-Naloxone Initiation in a New York City ED: Interview With a Frontline Provider

8/1/2023 Georgianna Stoukides , Anthony Almeida, DO

Initiating buprenorphine-naloxone treatment in the ED helps patients who are ready to start treatment and educates them about their options. Introducing buprenorphine-naloxone as an option in the ED w

Op-Ed , Patient Interactions

The Ethics of Caring for an Unfavorable Patient

4/15/2023 Adiba Matin, MD

Debriefing, leaning on peers, and seeking mental health help are all important steps in caring for unfavorable patients. Acknowledge the emotional toll that this may take on you, approach the situatio

Medico Legal , Patient Interactions

What Does It Mean for My Patient to Have Decision-Making Capacity?

2/10/2023 Blythe Fiscella, MD , Jeremy Berberian, MD

Our responsibility to attempt therapeutic relationships and try to understand where our patients are coming from is not “window dressing.” Capacity assessments often, but not always, appear at moments

COVID-19 , Patient Interactions

New Resources to Educate Patients About COVID-19 Treatments

2/1/2023

We have new resources to help you speak with your patients about COVID-19 treatments. These free print and digital materials are available for EMRA members to use to help educate patients about who's

Op-Ed , Behavioral Health , Patient Interactions

The Betty Bubble: A Week at the Hazelden Betty Ford Addiction Treatment Center

1/30/2023 Brittany (Ladson) Garza, DO

Addiction is a disease that responds to treatment. We must offer services to all patients no matter how many times it takes them to accept help. Who’s to say that attempt number 30 isn’t the one that

Op-Ed , Patient Interactions

Words Matter: The Importance of Communication in Medicine

1/30/2023 Robert Allen, MD

The next time you or I see a patient, let’s take a second to confirm the patient can adequately understand us. That may mean speaking slower, speaking louder, or making sure the patient has hearing ai

Patient Interactions

Emergency Physicians’ Perspective: Caring for Persons with Disabilities

1/30/2023 Cori Poffenberger, MD , Anika Backster, MD , Jason Rotoli, MD

As health care professionals, we interact with and see patients with disabilities in one tiny microcosm of their world, in the hospital or the clinic, where they are the patient who may be ill or suff

Op-Ed , Patient Interactions , OB/GYN

Pilot Study: Evaluating Education Targeting Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking in an EM Residency

1/30/2023 Codee Champney, DO , Jordan Wells, MD , Luke He, MD , Grace Klanderud, MD , Megan L McElhinny, MD

IPV and HT are major causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Many victims will seek medical care, often in the ED. This puts emergency physicians in a position to identify and help vic

Patient Interactions

Orthostatic Vital Signs: Have They Fallen Out of Favor?

8/10/2022 E. Daxton Spencer, DO, MS, RN , Lindsay Davis, DO, MPH, NRP

Just as there are two sides to every coin, some medical literature supports taking patients’ orthostatic vitals when they present to the ED with syncope, lightheadedness, and vertigo; other literature

Oncology , Patient Interactions , COVID-19

Framework for New Cancer Diagnoses in the ED

10/9/2020 Sabena Vaswani, MD

Since the coronavirus pandemic, emergency departments across the country have been experiencing lower volumes and higher acuity - including new cancer diagnoses in the ED.