The California Healthline
Before the midnight deadline Sunday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed 478 of the 707 bills before him, the Sacramento Bee reports.
The governor’s last-minute actions included vetoes and signings on a number of health care-related measures (Sanders, Sacramento Bee, 10/13).
Although Schwarzenegger previously threatened to veto all legislation if lawmakers failed to strike a deal to [...]
The American Medical Association
On the front page of its Marketplace section, the Wall Street Journal (9/10, B1, Merrick) reports that retail health clinics are increasingly treating patients’ chronic diseases, and in turn, posing as greater competition for doctors’ groups and hospitals. Chains are also pushing for increased insurance coverage as they begin offering more complex and [...]
The American Medical Association
USA Today (9/9. Szabo) reports, “Uninsured patients aren’t the only ones using the [emergency department (ED)] for non-urgent care. With too few primary-care doctors to go around, many patients turn to the [ED] when they can’t get an appointment with their regular physician, says Sandra Schneider, president of the American College [...]
3. Rules of the Road: Aug/Sept – Time to start applying!
1) Ideally, take your EM rotation as early as possible.
2) Request letters of recommendation.
3) Meet with advisors, and have them review your personal statement and CV.
4) Work on completing applications by early October.
Emergency Medicine Clerkship – How to be a STAR!!
Chapter 18, “Rules of the [...]
The American College of Emergency Physicians
Bloomberg News (9/2, Ostrow) reports that, according to a study published Sept. 2 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “patients rushed to the hospital for treatment of a suspected heart attack may fare just as well by waiting until the next day” to undergo “artery-clearing procedures, such as [...]
