By: Mike Baldyga
In your article about reducing unnecessary ER visits, you neglect to mention that “nonurgent” patients make up only 8 percent of the 136 million patients who visit U.S. emergency departments each year,...
View ArticleBy: Stephanie Baum
Thank you for your comments, Mike. On your point about the Washington governor’s suspension of the rule, I have updated my story.
View ArticleBy: Howard Mell, MD, MPH, FACEP
What a misguided article. According to U.S. government statistics, emergency care represents less than 2 percent (1.9 percent) of the $2.4 trillion spent on health care each year. Emergency care...
View ArticleBy: Howard Mell, MD, MPH, FACEP
So do you plan to censor all comments, or just the ones that criticize your poorly thought out premise?
View ArticleBy: Dr Dock
Someone in hypoglycemic coma cannot run to a smart phone to save his or her life! Good studies show about 9 out of 10 patients in the emergency department actually need to be there. I don’t know how...
View ArticleBy: Juan Fitz
ER visits continue to be an area of misinformation. People for years have flocked to the ER for care, why? Because it is there 24/7/365 !! Try making an appointment with your doctor and tell him you...
View ArticleBy: Mike Baldyga
In your article about reducing unnecessary ER visits, you neglect to mention that “nonurgent” patients make up only 8 percent of the 136 million patients who visit U.S. emergency departments each year,...
View ArticleBy: Stephanie Baum
Thank you for your comments, Mike. On your point about the Washington governor’s suspension of the rule, I have updated my story.
View ArticleBy: Howard Mell, MD, MPH, FACEP
What a misguided article. According to U.S. government statistics, emergency care represents less than 2 percent (1.9 percent) of the $2.4 trillion spent on health care each year. Emergency care...
View ArticleBy: Howard Mell, MD, MPH, FACEP
So do you plan to censor all comments, or just the ones that criticize your poorly thought out premise?
View ArticleBy: Dr Dock
Someone in hypoglycemic coma cannot run to a smart phone to save his or her life! Good studies show about 9 out of 10 patients in the emergency department actually need to be there. I don’t know how...
View ArticleBy: Juan Fitz
ER visits continue to be an area of misinformation. People for years have flocked to the ER for care, why? Because it is there 24/7/365 !! Try making an appointment with your doctor and tell him you...
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