Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: December 1, 2012
The accepted medical meaning for the abbreviation “WNL” is “within normal limits.” Dr. Flomenbaum reviews how apt an alter...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: November 1, 2012
Miscalculations in Hurricane Sandy preparations created a test of surge capacity for the NYC emergency departments that remained open. What lesson...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: October 1, 2012
The anniversary of Philippe Petit’s high wire walk between the twin towers leads Dr. Flomenbaum to draw a parallel to the difficult balancin...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: September 1, 2012
After being filmed for a reality series about his hospital and emergency department, Dr. Flomenbaum wonders why the inherent drama of the ED needs...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: August 1, 2012
Drug shortages have not escaped physician or public attention, and there has been a lot of finger pointing among government agencies, manufacturer...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2012
With the bases loaded at the bottom of the ninth, the Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of Team Obama’s Affordable Care Act. From the com...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: June 1, 2012
Lack of adequate follow-up care is not a new problem for Medicaid patients and the EDs they go to. But more recently, lack of post-ED care has bec...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: May 1, 2012
For emergency physicians, prescribing pain medication can be a real headache.
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: April 1, 2012
Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, some of its provisions will likely be implemented a...
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: March 1, 2012
How will the states’ challenge to the federal government’s prudent layperson definition of an emergency affect ED care?
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: February 1, 2012
Why does this Band-Aid approach to a hemorrhaging system continue?
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: January 1, 2012
Something has to be done about overcrowding, but are the new federal measures likely to help or hurt?
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: December 1, 2011
How is emergency medicine dealing with patients at both extremes of life?
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: November 1, 2011
Recurrent surges could easily wipe out decades of hard-fought gains in providing quality ED care. How can they be managed?
Article
- Author:
- Neal Flomenbaum, MD
Publish date: November 1, 2011
Along with the heightened concern for preparedness that began with the millennium, surge capacity has been a constant theme for more than a decade...
