Could medical scribes improve emergency department workflow? In this 2014 journal club, Natalie May and Damian Roland examine a before-and-after study involving electronic ordering and scribes, questioning causality, the practical significance of time savings and the implications for documentation accuracy and UK practice.
JC: Scribes in the ED? Read More
A personal account of the pressures of running a busy emergency department. A review of the literature about pressure in emergency medicine. #FOAM
Burnout in the ED: Too tired to sleep, too wired to weep? Read More
With London 2012 approaching, how should an emergency physician prepare to treat an Olympic athlete? Simon Carley explores pressures to compete, the limits of general emergency medicine expertise, medication restrictions and specialist referral, drawing on experience from the Commonwealth Games.
The Olympics and the ED physician Read More
