Morning Break: Brits, Americans Drinking Dangerously; Hospital Monopolies; Laser Pointer 101
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 23, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Hospitals Neglect Practices to Combat ED Overcrowding, Study Finds
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers looked at 17 interventions to reduce crowding (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 12, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Continuous Tx May be Problematic in Status Epilepticus
(MedPage Today) -- Longer PICU stay, more vasopressor use with continuous versus bolus therapy (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 10, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Morning Break: Cool Cap for Chemo Patients; Burrito Bar Woes at Chipotle
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 9, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Understanding Healthcare Costs: Conversations With Payers
(MedPage Today) -- Second of 3-part series navigating price transparency in healthcare (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 4, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Patient Empowerment Can Reduce Antibiotic Use
(MedPage Today) -- Explain the pros and cons but leave the decision up to them (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - December 1, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Burnout: A Pound of Prevention May Be the Remedy
(MedPage Today) -- The marketplace offers many options (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 30, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Culture Shock: Declining Ebola, Rising STDs
(MedPage Today) -- West African outbreak enters final stages; congenital syphilis rises in U.S (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 30, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Burnout: Emergency Medicine Hit Hardest
(MedPage Today) -- Not all specialties were equal when it comes to burnout (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 29, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Severe Injuries in Kids Are Red Flag for Abuse (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Youngest children most susceptible to child abuse (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 24, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

How to Hire a Reputation Management Firm: HealthLeaders Media
(MedPage Today) -- Also, ways for EDs to improve quality and cost of patient care (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - November 10, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Healthcare Has Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
(MedPage Today) -- It's time to put someone in charge of each hospitalized patient (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 29, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Expansion of Lone Star Tick Tied to Rocky Mountain Fever (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- But decreasing severity of disease also seen (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 27, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

Morning Break: Meat Can Cause Cancer; Double-Booked Surgeons
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news

A Surgeon's View of the New TV Show 'Code Black'
(MedPage Today) -- Skeptical Scalpel has a few bones to pick with the series (Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine)
Source: MedPage Today Emergency Medicine - October 20, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: news