Healthcare Update Satellite — 11-25-2013

See many more medical news stories from around the web over at my other blog at DrWhitecoat.com Nice synopsis by an Ohio State University emergency physician on how sinusitis can be mistaken for a primary dental problem … and how to use physical examination to help tell the difference between the two. Just don’t expect a sinus infection to get better with antibiotics. Why one California emergency physician weeps for the future. The patient scenarios that you read about at the link will probably frustrate you as well. Included are patients who come to the ED because they don’t want to wait for referrals or for doctor’s appointments for routine matters and several patients who won’t fill prior prescriptions because someone else isn’t paying for their cost. Wisconsin emergency department temporarily closes after SUV runs through wall of the department, injuring several people. Driver had to be transported to another hospital for treatment. Here’s a picture of the scene before the truck was removed. Letter to the editor of a Buffalo, NY area newspaper wonders whether elderly and injured patients will have sufficient access to emergency medical care when Lake Shore Hospital closes, reportedly leaving 4 hospital emergency departments in a 3,000 square mile rural area of western New York. Canadian Association for Emergency Physicians calls overcrowded emergency departments a public health emergency and warns that more patients could die if the government does not addre...
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