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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
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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.
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Social EM , Patient Interactions

Language Justice: One Step Toward Health Equity

10/9/2020 Joe Gannett, MD , Hayley Musial, MD
Patient safety has been a prime issue in health care since the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report To Err is Human, which led to adverse event tracking and quality improvement measures in almost e