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		<title>He&#8217;s Moonlighting!</title>
		<link>http://erstories.net/2012/02/hes-moonlighting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Look who&#8217;s making extra bucks when he&#8217;s not sleeping through his overnight shift! It&#8217;s Happy Hospitalist! Actually I bet he&#8217;s doing it for free since he gets to stand next to a tractor. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Today&#8217;s modern ER&#8217;s will have some of the most advanced medical equipment available]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Update – Satellite Edition 02-20-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>whitecoat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet See more over at my blog on EPMonthly.com P. Diddy gets rushed to UCLA emergency department with “crazy migraine” after hosting a post-Grammy party at the Playboy Mansion. Migraine? Reeeeeallly. Those energy drinks are more expensive than people thought … when you tack an emergency department visit onto the tab. Interesting concept. Paid sick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow. It May Have Worked</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brilliant!]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet So, as you may have gathered from previous posts, I am not a huge fan of TPA in many cases of acute stroke for a whole variety of reasons &#8211; however, one of the biggest ones is that so many people that have acute strokes are ancient. Anyone I see with a stroke under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important Point</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ERP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Funny]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Mrs Buttocks:  &#8220;Dr, my husband  (indicates to patient) has a bad family history.  His brother and his bad both went bald early and had heart attacks.  My husband is already bald so I am worried he also might be a risk to having a heart attack&#8221; Mr Dickus (visibly annoyed): &#8220;Yeah, well at least [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit to Follow</title>
		<link>http://erstories.net/2012/02/lawsuit-to-follow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ER Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal Issues]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet I read with interest about a lawsuit going on now in Florida. An ER doc there is suing her employers (Emergency Resources Group and Baptist Medical Center) over the way they docs are paid.  Like the vast majority of jobs, there is an incentive/productivity bonus built in.  Basically it means a bonus is given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Update – Satellite Edition 02-13-2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>whitecoat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet WhiteCoat back with this week&#8217;s healthcare update. More medical news from around the web at my blog on EP Monthly. Medicare audits pushing hospitals to stick it to patient/“beneficiaries.” RAC audits are pushing hospitals to classify patients as “observation” status rather than risk being sued and fined for inappropriately classifying admitted patient as “inpatient.” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pushing the Envelope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ERP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Me: &#8220;OK, sir, any more questions? Mr Epistaxis (with his nose packed with a balloon): &#8220;Yeah, just one more very important one.&#8217; Me: &#8220;Yes?&#8221; Mr Epistaxis: &#8220;Can I drink?&#8221; Me: &#8220;Sure&#8221; Mr Epistaxis: &#8220;I mean beer&#8221; Me: &#8220;Oh. Yeah, I guess, sure, why not?&#8221; Mr Epistaxis: &#8220;Good. Can I drink two or three beers?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being on call Sucks.</title>
		<link>http://erstories.net/2012/02/being-on-call-sucks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ER Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Listen Docs, I KNOW being on call sucks. I have to deal with whatever crap comes in at 2am too. Unfortunately that means that occasionally you&#8217;ll have to just come in and deal with cases you don&#8217;t like. It&#8217;s what you signed up to do when you became a doctor. It&#8217;s ethically and legally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blood Brothers</title>
		<link>http://erstories.net/2012/02/blood-brothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stabbing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet You know what they say about brothers? Your bond is sealed in blood! Occasionally people dramatically slice open their palms and clasp as a way to cement that bond but I&#8217;ve seen it don&#8217;t more &#8220;enthusiastically&#8221; so to speak. Two brothers start drinking and end up in a free for all stabbing and slashing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Symptoms to Watch for in an Aortic Dissection</title>
		<link>http://erstories.net/2012/02/symptoms-to-watch-for-in-an-aortic-dissection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doc</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ER Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shocking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tweet Chest pain? Of course Back pain? Sure, often times Abdominal pain? Occasionally Syncope? Yep Those are the easy ones. OK, how &#8217;bout recurrent cough that won&#8217;t go away after two weeks and a course of antibiotics? No pain anywhere. Yep. Had a dissection. See, this is why we often order random stupid studies. It [...]]]></description>
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