Posts in Health Equity
Island Med: Challenges of Remote Healthcare
Island Med: Challenges of Remote Healthcare

A 60-year-old man with a history of hypertension and smoking presents to the medical center with chest pain. Over the weekend, he developed chest pain while cleaning out his gutters that resolved with rest. This morning, he was working at his computer when he developed chest pain radiating to his left arm. It has since resolved, but he presents to the clinic for evaluation. An EKG obtained on arrival is unremarkable, but he soon develops chest pain again…

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Cardiology, Community EM, Health Equity, Global EMChristina MatulisIsland Med, Community EMComment
Disparities in Diagnostic Imaging in the ED: A Brief Review of Recent Literature from 2018-2022
Disparities in Diagnostic Imaging in the ED: A Brief Review of Recent Literature from 2018-2022

Research has demonstrated significant disparities in healthcare access and quality as well as health outcomes for communities that have been historically marginalized or excluded. Diagnostic imaging—and differences in clinical decision-making around which patients undergo imaging and when—is one such area that has been a topic of interest in recent literature…

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Public Health, Health Equity, Social EMKelsey KolbePublic Health, Health Equity, Racial DisparitiesComment