Opinion: I’ve worked 300 ER night shifts. Boarding is what breaks us
The hardest part of my job isn’t trauma. It’s the admitted patient who spends two days on a hallway stretcher because there is no bed upstairs.
Second Opinion
Essays from clinicians, researchers and patients.
Opinion: My patients can’t read their discharge papers. That’s our failure, not theirs
The instructions we hand patients on the way out the door are written for lawyers and billing departments. We can do better, and it would not cost much.