And the winner is …

ACP InternistWeekly has tallied the voting from its latest cartoon contest, where readers are invited to match wits against their peers to provide the most original and amusing caption.

“To improve emergency room throughput we've replaced the front door with a CT scanner.”

This issue's winning cartoon caption was submitted by Brett Montgomery, MD, from Richmond, Va. Thanks to all who voted! The winning entry captured 78.5% of the votes.

The runners-up were:

“Ticklish?”

“I used to say it sounds like a garbage disposal but that hasn't seemed to help folks.”