Atrial Fibrillation Management and Reversal
Source: Apple Podcasts, December 1, 2019.
ACEP’s New Point-of-Care Phone App Gives You Bedside Tools
Emergency physicians are innate problem solvers. If they see a gap, they work to close it. When they identify a need, they figure out how to fill it. Those natural instincts, combined with a desire to help people, are the…
BLOOD TEST TO DETECT HEART ATTACKS
Heart attacks can be diagnosed more quickly, thanks to the high-sensitivity blood test of troponin. Troponin, a protein that is released when a heart muscle is damaged, has been used in Europe since 2010, but it was not until last…
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION OUTPATIENT PATHWAYS
ACEP Frontline’s host Dr. Ryan Stanton is talks to Dr. Chris Baugh about his work on an atrial fibrillation panel and the tools they are working on to help you manage these patients. Source: ACEP Frontline, February 26, 2018.
HOW WE GOT HERE WITH THE 2 MIDNIGHT RULE
In this episode we retrace some of the pivotal moments from the inception of the 2 Midnight rule. Dr. Wheatley and I consult experts throughout the field of obs and get their take on whether it helped or hindered their…
OBSERVATION MEDICINE ACEP‘16
Host Ryan Stanton, MD, FACEP talks to Christopher Baugh, MD, FACEP and Anwar Osborne, MD, FACEP on the growth and importance of observation medicine in emergency medicine. Source: ACEP Frontline, December 27, 2016.
OBSERVATION MEDICINE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
Dr. Baugh currently serves as the Chair of the American College of Emergency Physicians Observation Medicine Section and Director of Emergency Department Operations at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. Source: Urgent…
DEDICATED HOSPITAL OBSERVATION UNITS COULD SAVE $3.1 BILLION
POBScast from Boston with Dr. Chris Baugh from Harvard Medical School. Source: POBScast, November 28, 2015.
TRANSLATING ‘TWO MIDNIGHTS’
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) probably had good intentions in redefining the difference between inpatient and observation, but the rule that went into effect on Oct. 1 may not have the intended results, according to experts. Source:…
AS CMS MAKES ANOTHER POLICY CHANGE, POLICY MAKERS DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT FORMS OF CARE
As observation care continues to draw fire from critics who charge that the designation ends up costing hospitals money while also sticking patients with exorbitant fees, the medical directors of dedicated observation units counter that the kind of care delivered…