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Article: Demystifying the ACGME: Your guide to understanding the residency accreditation body

ACGME RRC—this litany of letters means little to most otolaryngologists. However, whether you are a private practitioner or an academician, a resident in training or a program director, you should have a basic understanding of the work done by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Residency Review Committee (ACGME RRC).

Article: Health Reform Perks: Employer tax credits could benefit your practice

By now, you’re probably well versed in the clinical aspects of the health reform bill signed by President Obama in March. But what you may not know is that the bill includes a section that could benefit otolaryngologists and other physicians in their role as employers.

Article: Information Overload: How to sort through CRS management options

Management of chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) continues to be a thorn in the sides of physicians and patients alike. Despite numerous options for management and the availability of new technologies to improve on treatments, many patients continue to live with this condition that, by some reports, diminishes quality of life more than other common chronic conditions like congestive heart failure and back pain.

Literature Review: Literature Review: A roundup of the important recent studies

Polydioxanone Foil Can Be Used to Support the Nasal Septum; Intranasal Corticosteroid Not Recommended as Monotherapy for Acute Rhinosinusitis; Thyroid Palpation Should Follow Serum Hormone Measurement; Carbon Dioxide Laser-Assisted Cartilage Reshaping Otoplasty; More Research Needed into Management of Facial Paralysis from Intratemporal Blunt Trauma; Researchers Identify Patients at Risk for MRSA

Practice Management: Audit Agony: Prepare yourself as insurers look to recoup funds

Hayes Wanamaker, MD, an otolaryngologist in Syracuse, N.Y., refers to the recovery audit process of insurance carriers as the proverbial camel’s nose under the tent.

Special Report: Promise for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: Pediatric otolaryngologists have high hopes for the HPV vaccine

Optimism is growing that a new HPV vaccine will drastically decrease the number of cases of pediatric recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a rare but devastating disease.

Career Development: Adverse Event Aftermath: Departments are creating programs to help physicians cope

When Rahul Shah, MD, then a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children’s Hospital in Boston, and several colleagues first undertook a survey of otolaryngologists’ reactions to adverse events in 2004, they provided a blank form for respondents to write about what had happened. In the more than 200 responses they received, Dr. Shah and his colleagues read an outpouring of emotion.