Numbers Back Up Hunch: Greening Lots Improves Neighborhood Health

By: Taunya English Source: Newsworks.org Publication: August 8, 2012 Health researchers have long suspected that “cleaning and greening” overgrown, vacant lots does a neighborhood good, now they have gathered mounting — and solid evidence — that transforming nuisance properties pays…

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Posted: Aug 08 2012
Tags: community health, emergency medicine, urban renewal

Special Report: Victims of High Costs and Low Revenue, EDs Close with Chilling Regularity

By: Anne Scheck Source: Emergency Medicine News Publication: May 2012 – Volume 34 – Issue 5 Too small to fail. That could be the battle cry of a little emergency department on the high plains of South Dakota, which is…

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Posted: May 09 2012
Tags: emergency medicine, emergency medicine news, financial distress

An Early Taste of Emergency Medicine

Source: Uploaded by UMassMedicalSchool Thirty first-year School of Medicine students crowded into the UMMS Simulation Center to get a closer look at what being an emergency medicine physician is all about. Through a simulation workshop organized by the medical student-driven…

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Posted: Apr 13 2011
Tags: education, emergency medicine, Video
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