POBScast Osborne, Anwar

Hey guys!  It's been an minute and we're sorry about that, but we're back for a 5th season.  Dr. Wheatley and I are excited to bring a batch of new episodes starting with this one!  Dr. Emma Sizemore is a graduating resident and soon to be EM faculty at Emory.  She details the Medication Assisted Opiod Treatment pathway that we've been using in the observation unit at Grady.  
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Click on THIS LINK to read more about the COWS Dr. Wheatley mentions before the interview.  

Hey Pobscast crew, it's been a little longer than 1 month since our last show, but this one is packed with high yeild policy stuff. We do brief wrap up of the Obs conference in case you missed it.  We run over some things about psychiatric patients in observation status also.  We spend some quality time discussing the Society of Hospital Medicine's White Paper on obs.  In fact, the link is here.  Aslo we interview Dr. Bramante about what NY ACEP and further national ACEP is doing with the issue of self-administered medications (SAMs).  The resolution isn't public on the web yet, but when it is, we'll get it posted here.    

Hi guys!  Probably, most exciting thing we have this month is the new theme music from DJ Serengeti Yeti.  But also, we go deep on the Grady venous thromboembolism pathway and update the information on the OPPS.  Plus! Dr. Mahler (from the HEART Pathway studies) tells us who HE thinks needs (and doesn't need) a stress test in the ED.

This week, Dr. Wheatley and Dr. Osborne try to suss out how all of these acronyms relate to observaiton medicine.  Also, we have a new recurrent segment called 'WHO NEEDS A STRESS TEST.' So, who better to kick this off than the first author on the original HEART score paper.  Dr. Barbra Backus joins us from The Netherlands via Skype.  This is a can't-miss show! Feel free to email us questions or comments at pobservation@gmail.com.  

This is a new show format and we hope you love it.  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 practices.  This week on the show we have Dr. Chris Baugh, Dr. Willie Smith, and Dr. Michael Ross joining us.  You won't hear a more comprehensive podcast on the policy and practice of the 2 midnight rule anywhere else.  

We had a great time at SAEM this year and we recorded this episode just after the Obs Interest Group meeting.  What are the differntiators from the ACEP group?  What esle can we do with this forum?  We sat with Dr. Capsers who shared with us some of his thoughts about the group, action items, and even the newer OIG report from December. Enjoy!  Also, email us at pobservation@gmail.com or check us out on twitter @pobservation.