August 2019: Ryan Stanton, MD: Don’t Call Patients Frequent Flyers

Dr. Stanton goes inside addiction medicine while talking with a PA who lost her license after being hooked on heroin, oxycodone, and alcohol.

Dr. Stanton talks with Scott Johnson, a local radio host, about his on-air emergency and EM evaluation.

Dr. Stanton talks with Stephen Anderson, MD, about coordination of care for frequent users of the ED, how they use the ED, and how to manage their care.

Dr. Stanton talks with Bert Vargas, MD, about how to best handle neurology cases in the ED.

Dr. Stanton and Dr. Mell talk about why out-of-network billing and why they shouldn’t be called surprise bills.

After several of family members were admitted to the hospital, Dr. Ryan Stanton had a new perspective on how the health care system treats patients. And he has ideas about what needs to change, not just in the hospital but in the ED too. Listen to his podcast and share your thoughts with him at [email protected].

Dr. Stanton says that EMTALA can actually help emergency medicine. Listen to his convincing argument in this riveting podcast.

Dr. Stanton interviews patients who were denied for coverage by Anthem in these moving firsthand accounts.

You know you have to prove your suspicions and findings with labs and tests, says Dr. Ryan Stanton, but what does that mean for the physical exam? Is technology killing the physical exam?

Drs. Stanton and Sarlin agree that Tamiflu just isn’t worth it for most patients. Listen in as they talk about whether it makes sense to get the vaccine once you get the flu, what to tell patients about avoiding the flu in the first place, and how oseltamivir was resurrected from the dead.