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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Medicine is facing a crisis of information. Beyond the increase of biomedical information are rising demands for physician response to portal messaging (MyChart messages) and review of wearable generated data. More recently health professionals have seen a rise in MyChart messages coming in through the Epic patient portal. According to Epic, the number of patient messages spiked 151 percent nationally from the period covering the first 11 weeks of 2020 through the end of the year.

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Medical Law

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Medical professionals can be held liable in medical malpractice lawsuits for injuries they cause their patients through negligence. In 1975 California set a cap of $250,000 for medical malpractice noneconomic damages. These types of damages include pain and suffering, mental anguish, emotional trauma, scarring and disfigurement, and diminished quality of life.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

TMC’s Security Scout wants you to be Cyber Savvy! Did you know? 43% of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Here’s how you can be Cyber Savvy: Use long, strong passphrases or passwords and different passwords for different programs and devices. See last month’s Advisor for password tips. Watch out for phishing emails and text messages! Keep practice software and antivirus software up to date.

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Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In this Journal Jam podcast, special guest Dr. Mizuho Morrison joins Anton and Justin to clear up the muddy waters of therapeutic hypothermia with a deep dive into the world’s literature. The post Journal Jam 19 Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest – Mixed Evidence appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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EB Medicine

OCTOBER 3, 2021

EMplify - October 2021 Announcements: The EB Medicine app is live and available for free in the Apple Store. Coming to Google Play soon. It is in Beta and your feedback is welcome. , Also, this month use code SB25 and get a $25 Starbucks gift card when you subscribe at ebmedicine.net Emergency Dept. Management of Cervical Spine Injuries Authors: Geoffrey Jara-Alamonte, MD Chandni Pawar, MD Epidemiology Anatomy (Figure 2 +3) Spinal Cord Injury Injury (Table1) Primary Secondary Differential Diagn

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Date: September 28th, 2021 Reference: Zampieri et al. Effect of Intravenous Fluid Treatment With a Balanced Solution vs 0.9% Saline Solution on Mortality in Critically Ill Patients: The BaSICS Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2021 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Aaron Skolnik is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and Consultant in […] The post SGEM#347: It Don’t Matter to Me – Balanced Solution or Saline first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Med

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Submitted by Benjamin Garbus, MD with edits by Bracey, Meyers, and Smith A man in his early 30s presented to the ED with chest pain described as an “explosion" of left chest pressure. Triage EKG: What do you think? There is STE present in leads V2-V5. The STE and the amplitude of the T wave seems to be proportional relative to the QRS complex. There is J point notching present in lead V5.

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Thinking Critical Care

OCTOBER 8, 2021

So we had a blast with the VExUS Course a few weeks ago, it was really great to see how much enthusiasm and actual clinical use it is getting all over the world. Humbled, grateful and certainly feeling like the hard work was worth it to have this impact. So even after the workshop, there was a lot of questions, and some take more than a few lines to dig into, and since one participant, Dr.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

TMC’s Security Scout wants you to be Cyber Savvy! Did you know? 43% of cyber-attacks target small businesses. Here’s how you can be Cyber Savvy: Use long, strong passphrases or passwords and different passwords for different programs and devices. See last month’s Advisor for password tips. Watch out for phishing emails and text messages! Keep practice software and antivirus software up to date.

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University of Maryland CC Project

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dr. Ibrahim Migdady, a Neurocritical Care Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds on Ancillary Studies in Brain Death Determination. Dr. Ibrahim Migdady, a Neurocritical Care Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital presents at Critical Care Grand Rounds on Ancillary Studies in Brain Death Determination.

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EMergucate

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Paper Association of Oral Corticosteroid Bursts With Severe Adverse Events in Children Children are at higher risk for pneumonia (and … Continue reading →

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. The use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death. Recalled Product. All MiniMed Remote Controllers (model MMT-500 and MMT-503) are used with a Medtronic MiniMed 508 insulin pump or the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps. Reason for Recall. Medtronic is recalling all remote controllers used with either the MiniMed 508 insulin pump or the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps due to potential cyb

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. The use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death. Recalled Product. All MiniMed Remote Controllers (model MMT-500 and MMT-503) are used with a Medtronic MiniMed 508 insulin pump or the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps. Reason for Recall. Medtronic is recalling all remote controllers used with either the MiniMed 508 insulin pump or the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps due to potential cyb

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University of Maryland CC Project

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Dr. Anantha K. Mallia, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital presents on critical care ultrasound for the assessment of the LV and RV as part of the DC5 lecture series. Dr. Anantha K. Mallia, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Pulmonary and Emergency Medicine-Critical Care Fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital presents

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