Bad Medicine?

If Austin's Public Clinics Go Private, the Poor Could Suffer

"...most volatile, at-risk group, who tend to use the emergency room more than other categories of patients. "Most of..."

Nov. 22, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

One Doc's Medicine: Serve God, save the planet

Dr. J. Matthew Sleeth believes he has the metaphysical medicine to heal the largely disjointed relationship between the country's environmental and religious communities.

"...unusual doctor visited Austin last week – a former emergency-room director turned evangelical environmental crusader, who has taken to..."

Sept. 22, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Code Black

Shot by a filmmaker/physician over the years of his residency, this doc about ER medicine is immersive and eye-opening.

"...Emergency medicine is a relatively young field, but its role..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Paying Doctor

Federal Insurance Program Could Aid Texas' Youth

"...a primary physician and seek only "episodic" care from emergency rooms or clinics when their kids fall ill or..."

Dec. 26, 1997 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

From the Archive: Welcome to Chaos

Originally published on Nov. 12, 1993: ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...window that separates the cab from the vehicle's mobile emergency room, and grins. "We go in quick, buddy," he..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Raoul Hernandez

New Medical Director for Austin/Travis County

EMS union expresses enthusiasm for Mark E. Escott hire

"...Escott, currently the director of the Divi­sion of the Emergency Medical Services/Disaster Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in..."

June 17, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

UDATED: Abortion Regulations Trial Begins in Federal Court

Contested provisions set to take effect Oct. 29

"...Coast and a faculty member at Baylor College of Medicine who also has admitting privileges at Houston's Ben Taub..."

Oct. 21, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Latest on the Local Actions and Reactions to COVID-19

Health officials feel wary but ready

"...the city of Austin's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. Providers, in consultation with Austin Public Health and..."

March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Descent Into the Maelstrom

Radio Birdman surfs out of Edgar Allan Poe's maelström a quarter-century later

"...Ann Arbor to Sydney, Australia, in 1972 to study medicine, was there. Sub Pop's The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978),..."

June 22, 2007 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Gouged?

Anyone else hearing rumors of price gouging? Email us!!!

"...of the Rita evac, the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management kindly remind us that:..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Taser International Bleeding Money

Taser gun maker's profits drop 98% in 2005

"...director for the Nashville paramedics, and chair of the emergency medicine department at Vanderbilt University, says the new policy..."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Writers Conference in San Antonio Carries On Despite Coronavirus

The Association of Writing Programs conference proceeded even under a public health emergency and with reduced attendance

"...4-7, even as the mayor declared a public health emergency after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention permitted..."

March 13, 2020 Arts Feature by Mark Gozonsky

CSI: Travis County

Why Is the Medical Examiner's Office so screwed up?

"...another stone. But when she arrived at the hospital emergency room, she knew it wasn't stones – and she..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dr. Mark Escott Has Been the Friendly Face of the City's Response to COVID-19

"...at the city's website. He's an accomplished expert in emergency medicine; his "real" job is as the medical director..."

Nov. 27, 2020 Features Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Are City Employee Pensions at Risk?

Pension systems in Dallas and Houston have been beat up by bad spending.

"...lawful measures, including seeking judicial remedies, to "address this emergency situation," followed by calls in February to place the..."

Feb. 24, 2017 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Politics Gift Guide

Let the Chronicle News staff stuff your stockings this year

"...their stuff, evidenced by remarks from Dr. Pat Crocker, emergency medicine chief at Dell Children's Medical Center, and others..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Clear?

Perry and Dewhurst ceremonially sign the "defibrillators in school" bill: but what will it really do?

"...thing, because studies published in journals Resuscitation and Academic Emergency Medicine both say even short exposure to an AED..."

Sept. 5, 2007 News Post by Richard Whittaker

EMS: Let 'em rest

In an effort to reduce fatigue, Austin-Travis Co. EMS begins a new, more flexible work schedule.

"...plan to partner with AISD to create an introductory emergency-medicine class for high school seniors. Additionally, he said, the..."

July 21, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...to Dr. Edward Racht, medical director of the city/county Emergency Medical Services System. Getting It Done..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

ProLodges Saves and Changes Some of Austin's Most Vulnerable Lives

Can the city keep them open?

"..."ProLodge," while awaiting an appointment with the CommUnityCare street medicine team. "You've got to always watch for cars, because..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Breakdown

Travis County's mental health system is cracking under growing patient load

"...Hospital; his older brother, Michael, drove him to Psychiatric Emergency Services, a facility on the eastern edge of Downtown..."

June 4, 2010 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Dr. Robert Van Boven, the Whistleblower

Lakeway neurologist battles hospitals, officials, and the "culture of silence"

"...Turner's wife drove him to the emergency room of the Lakeway Regional Medical Center (near Highway..."

April 20, 2018 News Feature by Michael King

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...resources. Travis County lacks even a single public psychiatric emergency room or crisis stabilization unit where incoming patients could..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center

Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students' training?

"...who have been denied reproductive health services – from emergency tubal ligation to termination of pregnancy due to health..."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Take Two Aspirin and Ping Me in the Morning

Heath care: an oral future

"...is making its way into the clinical practice of medicine, but it's also making its way into the practice..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

Q&A: Austin’s Coastal Neighbors

How Galveston looks to its past to prepare for its future – and what that means for Austin

"...evacuees by bus during times of crisis, thus the emergency management decisions and plans of both municipalities are intrinsically..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Kate X Messer

The State of Trans Health Care

Gender affirming care in Austin is improving. But by how much? And how far must it still go?

"...abdominal pain, Westbrook checked in to a South Austin emergency room. Though the on-call doctor briefly considered her to..."

April 14, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

The COVID-19 Long Haulers

Nearly 1 in 3 coronavirus survivors have strange, often changing symptoms without known causes or cures. Here’s what they and their doctors are doing about it.

"...While science and medicine learn more every day, there's still enormous uncertainty about..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground

Austin slowly thaws out from an unprecedented – but not entirely unexpected – disaster

"...to be transported to hospitals. Many other Austinites required emergency medical care from exposure, falls, and traffic accidents...."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Town Hall Calls for Quick Action to Combat Overdoses

The crisis is now

"...available at Walgreens and CVS for around $75. Austin Emergency Medical Services' Opioid Emergency Response program, begun in 2018,..."

May 13, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

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