Emergency medicine insights
Physician-led articles on emergency medicine, AI implementation, simulation, and operational leadership.
AI in Emergency Medicine
April 4, 2026 · Chester Shermer
The decision, and it's timing, to override an AI recommendation in emergency medicine is a clinical judgment call that belongs exclusively to the treating
AI Risk & Governance
March 29, 2026 · Chester Shermer
A 2024 study from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that AI chatbots—including GPT-4 and Google's Gemini Pro—consistently underassessed pain in Bl
AI in Emergency Medicine
March 27, 2026 · Chester Shermer
AI tools only work as well as the instructions you give them. It is 2:47 a.m. and Bay 6 is a mess. A 58-year-old male presents with chest pain, diaphoresi
Operational Medicine AI
March 26, 2026 · Chester Shermer
The United States military has always been an early adopter of technology that promises operational advantage. Night vision. GPS. Unmanned aerial systems.
AI in Emergency Medicine
March 25, 2026 · Chester Shermer
Every technology introduced into emergency medicine eventually produces its first sentinel event. Computerized physician order entry was supposed to elimin
AI in Emergency Medicine
March 22, 2026 · Chester Shermer
In May 2025, the Interlock ransomware group hit Kettering Health—a 14-hospital system in Ohio—and shut down its Epic EHR for two weeks. Emergency departmen
Clinical Documentation AI
March 15, 2026 · Chester Shermer
The patient handoff, or signout, is the most vulnerable moment in emergency medicine continuity of care. Every transition—shift change, ED-to-inpatient adm
Clinical Documentation AI
March 14, 2026 · Chester Shermer
Of all the liability surfaces AI is creating in emergency medicine, discharge instructions may be the most underestimated. The note you sign at the end of
AI in Emergency Medicine
March 11, 2026 · Chester Shermer
There is a version of the future where AI tools are simply embedded in clinical practice and physicians use them the way they currently use ultrasound — co
Clinical Documentation AI
March 6, 2026 · Chester Shermer
Emergency physicians already operate in the highest-risk medicolegal environment in clinical medicine. Diagnostic miss rates for ACS/MI, aortic dissection,
Operational Medicine AI
March 6, 2026 · Chester Shermer
Mass casualty incidents expose every weakness in the emergency medical system simultaneously. Communication degrades. Resources are overwhelmed. Triage dec
AI in Emergency Medicine
February 27, 2026 · Chester Shermer
The hype cycle surrounding artificial intelligence in medicine has achieved a zenith. Vendors promise everything from autonomous diagnosis to zero-miss sep
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