Emergency Medicine

Beyond Clinical Medicine: Effective Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Options

February 11, 2021

Opioid misuse and addiction have devastating consequences for our communities. It is a serious national crisis, and caring for patients with substance use disorder is one of the greatest challenges of any emergency clinician. In this episode of Beyond Clinical Medicine, Dr. Randal Dabbs, TeamHealth Co-Founder, President of Practice Development and Chair of the TeamHealth Substance Use...

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United States Emergency Departments: Safe, Staffed and Ready to Help

August 20, 2020

By Heather Owen, MD, TeamHealth Chief Clinical Officer of Emergency Medicine Emergency departments across the United States have experienced unprecedented challenges in navigating COVID-19. In the midst of this global pandemic, hospital emergency physicians and leaders have taken unprecedented steps to ensure that local emergency departments are safe, staffed, and ready to treat sudden or...

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Bridging Emergency Medicine and the Skies

March 26, 2024

By Maj. (s) Nisha S. George, DO, Flight Surgeon, 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, Joint Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst, and TeamHealth Emergency Physician, Virtua Health, New Jersey I am Maj. (s) Nisha S. George, DO, currently serving as a Flight Surgeon at the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ. Join me as I...

Happy National PA Week

October 6, 2022

By Deborah Reed, PA-C, APC Director, West Group As APC Director for the West Group, I work collaboratively with group leadership to provide leadership, advocacy, and representation for advanced practice clinicians within TeamHealth’s West Group. I work clinically in an APC-only staffed emergency department in a critical access hospital in Waurika, Oklahoma, as well...

Driving Collective Change to Improve Opioid Prescribing Techniques

April 29, 2022

By Nathan Schlicher, MD, JD, MBA, Regional Medical Director of Quality Assurance and Associate Director of Litigation Support The opioid epidemic continues to strain the American people and healthcare system despite years of work to reduce over-prescribing. Throughout the pandemic, the number of opioid-related overdoses increased by an estimated 28.5% from April 2020 to...

Happy National PA Week

October 11, 2021

By Randal L. Dabbs, MD, FACEP, FAAFP, TeamHealth Co-Founder, President, Practice Development, and Executive Sponsor of the Advanced Practice Clinician Council As we mark National PA Week, Oct. 6-12, I would like to extend my gratitude to the more than 2,200 TeamHealth physician assistants (PAs) who dedicate themselves to improving patient care every day. Thank you, PAs...

Human Trafficking Intervention in Healthcare

September 1, 2021

Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing illicit industries in the world. It is a pervasive crime committed in all zip codes, which is why it is vital to be aware of signs and strategies to help survivors. In a previous blog post, we covered how to recognize the signs a patient may be a...

It’s Safe to go to the Emergency Room

July 28, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic changed life for all of us, and it also significantly changed healthcare. For patients, it created a new atmosphere of fear and worry. A trip to the emergency room is always scary, but the pandemic heightened these fears. Many patients began putting off essential care because they were afraid to contract COVID-19....

How to best care for LGBTQ+ patients

July 23, 2021

By Daniel Smith, Nurse Practitioner, St. Francis – Emory Healthcare, Columbus, Georgia First, I want to share a little personal background about myself. I am an openly gay man who fully came out at the age of 38. I am a nurse practitioner and have been practicing since 1997. Through the years I have witnessed...

Heart Health: A Close-To-The-Heart Scare

February 23, 2021

By Jenni Roberts, MSN, APN, ACNP-C, TeamHealth Regional Advanced Practice Clinician Director, Northeast Group, Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner On Christmas Eve 1998, I received a message from a 52-year-old male. “I keep having these ‘twinges’ in my chest when I walk to my car. I’ve only noticed this outside, so I don’t think it’s anything....

Beyond Clinical Medicine: Effective Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Options

February 11, 2021

Beyond Clinical Medicine: Diversity and Inclusion

January 14, 2021

The topic of diversity and inclusion is not a simple topic, and it has deep implications across our society. In this episode of Beyond Clinical Medicine, Stan Thompson, MD, Chief Clinical Officer for LifePoint Group, and Chair of TeamHealth’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee, talks with Rob Strauss, MD, Chief Medical Training Officer, about clinical aspects of diversity...

Beyond Clinical Medicine: Thriving in Turbulent Times

December 10, 2020

This episode of Beyond Clinical Medicine identifies unique stressors clinicians are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic and explores techniques for thriving in turbulent times. Ijeoma Akunyili, MD, MBA, Regional Medical Director, TeamHealth Northeast Group, discusses this topic with Exequiel Hernandez, Ph.D., the Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Associate Professor at the Wharton School at University...

Happy National Nurse Practitioner Week

November 12, 2020

Thank you, nurse practitioners (NPs), for your valuable work and selfless dedication every day and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We recognize the 4,500 TeamHealth NPs. Rob Morton, NP, Regional Director of Advanced Practice Clinicians (APCs) for the LifePoint Group, has more than 20 years of experience as an NP. However, this year, National NP...

Recognizing physician assistants

October 8, 2020

During National PA Week from Oct. 6-12, TeamHealth is especially thankful for the more than 2,300 TeamHealth physician assistants (PAs) who dedicate themselves to improving patient care every day. We recognize PAs like Nicole Maciejewski, PA-C, who are a vital part of our team. As a student, Nicole did not expect to fall in love...

Suicide Prevention: Make mental health a priority

September 24, 2020

By Richard Juman, PsyD, TeamHealth National Director of Psychological Services, and Co-chair of the TeamHealth Clinician Resiliency Work Group While the month of September, National Suicide Prevention Month, comes to a close, the importance of focusing on your mental health continues year-round. There is a high rate of suicide and increasing rate of burnout among...

OOPS! Optimizing Opioid Prescribing Strategies

August 27, 2020

By Randal L. Dabbs, MD, FACEP, FAAFP, TeamHealth Co-Founder, President, Practice Development, and Executive Sponsor, TeamHealth Substance Use Work Group Oh no! I gave too many, or too strong, or too soon, or for too long! But the patient is still in pain; can’t tolerate NSAIDS; toradol doesn’t help. I feel guilty that I only...