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Leveraging AI to Improve Patient Safety in the Emergency Department
Just three diagnostic errors account for nearly 75% of all serious harm to patients. Misdiagnosed cancers, vascular events, and infections accounted for this and $1.8 billion in malpractice payouts. Why are diagnoses missed? A 2020 study by Newman-Toker, et al....
Spring 2021: Kendall
Hello again from Miami! We are thrilled to announce that we are expanding the Kendall family to include 12 fantastic new interns for the coming 2021-2022 academic year. Match Day is always an exciting time, but we are especially thankful for the wonderful group of...
Disruptive Innovation in Emergency Medicine 2.0
Every year at ACEP, the exhibit hall features IncubatED: a medical device innovation challenge. This is an interactive, educational space that provides a sneak-peek of new innovations in emergency medicine. This last year, four medical device start-up companies...
Spring 2021: USF Residency
Greetings from Tampa and the USF Emergency Medicine Residency Program! We have finally come to the close of what was one of the most unique interview seasons so far. We are so excited to congratulate and welcome the new Class of 2024! It is always an exciting and...
Spring 2021: Aventura
We would like to congratulate our assistant program director, Dr. Andre Pennardt, regarding his new appointment as the new CMO of FEMA. He will be staying on part-time as core faculty with Aventura, so we are lucky enough to not lose him completely! Dr. Annalee Baker...
Spring 2021: Ocala Regional
Spring has arrived in Ocala. Along with it came our highly anticipated EMS Day at the Florida State Fire College in Ocala. We spent the day in fellowship with our local firefighters, gaining perspective on the pre-hospital challenges our fire/EMS colleagues face. Many...
Musings: The Reds and the Blues of Covid Vaccine Hesitancy
In my last column, I focused on dispelling the myths around COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. At that time, the vaccine rollout was just beginning. The Trump Administration pledged to vaccinate at least 20 million people by the end of the year. This was an ambitious...
Poison Control: Death by Procainamide: Medication Errors and Toxicity
Procainamide is a class 1A antiarrhythmic used for ventricular arrhythmias. A case report by Croskerry and colleagues described an error of communication in transcription for a patient in the emergency department (ED) receiving procainamide for ventricular...
Spring 2021: Jackson Memorial
And here we are... a year later. Though it is fair to say we are Zoomed out and all too eager to resume in-person events, we were impressed that our Zooming capabilities did lead to an exciting and fruitful recruitment season. All the technological nightmares we...
Spring 2021: FCEP President’s Message
I recently watched a video on LinkedIn of Match Day for a medical school in Florida. There were masks all around with graduating students holding up signs showing the specialties and locations of their matches. There was one sweet moment when a graduating doctor, in a...
