EM Ottawa

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) for lower extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) remains a skill with significant variability in local practice. While some physicians perform DVT scans regularly, others rarely incorporate PoCUS into their workflow. Regardless of your current practice pattern, its always helpful to refresh your knowledge with these key dos and donts of DVT PoCUS. […] The post Mastery of DVT PoCUS appeared first on EMOttawa Blog.

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NRC Health

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Lukas Voss hosts Adam Tanner from NRC Health to discuss evolving healthcare employee experience strategies. The post The evolution of healthcare employee experience: From surveys to continuous listening appeared first on NRC Health.

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Science Based Medicine

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Science-Based Medicine blog was established way back in 2008. Since that time, contributors to this blog have been sounding the alarm about the harmful effects of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories related to health. Few people in positions of authority heeded these warnings or recognized the severity of the threat over the next decade. Sometimes we as health professionals were even mocked […] The post Homeopathy: Magical thinking, not medicine first appeared on Science-Based Medici

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Sensible Medicine

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A few years ago, an economist I care for sent me an email asking if she could talk to me about a medical issue. She said she didn’t need to see me as the question was academic rather than personal. Her question had grown out of a conversation she had had with her students. “When someone’s cholesterol is high, the standard of care seems to be to recommend a period of “lifestyle modification” before prescribing a statin.

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