Hospitalists and EP’s: Kumbaya in the ED

From Today’s Hospitalist:

Needless to say, health care has many problems, and the shaky relationship between traditional practitioners and ED docs does not rank as one of the most prominent. However, let’s not shortchange the importance of the new synergistic relationship that has developed between ED doctors and hospitalists.

Debunking the Myths of Rural Emergency Medicine

From Emergency Medicine News:

This month I snared some quality phone time with two major figures in rural emergency medicine, Todd Crocco, MD, an associate professor and chairman of the emergency department at West Virginia University, as well as Harry “Tripp” Wingate, MD, the chair of the ACEP Rural Emergency Medicine Section. Here is their take on the most prevalent myths of rural emergency medicine.