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EMTALA: The Law That Forever Changed the Practice of EM

WEBBackground. More than 30 years after its enactment, EMTALA now governs virtually every aspect of hospital-based emergency medicine, including triage, …

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Emergency Department Information Exchange Can Help

WEBThe Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE or PreManage ED) has changed the everyday practice of thousands of us in the trenches. It has …

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Top Concerns for Emergency Medicine Today

WEBDonald Berwick, MD, first coined the term “Triple Aim” for the goals of the emerging health care world. 1 Emergency medicine has clinical ABCs as cornerstones …

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Federal Government Declares Emergency Physicians Incapable of

WEBThe sole purpose of EMTALA’s mandated medical screening exam (MSE) is to determine whether or not an emergency medical condition exists, and the hospital …

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AIDET: A Popular Way of Improving Patients’ Care Experience

WEBAIDET is used to decrease the anxiety of patients and their families and to improve patient satisfaction. Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas, is a …

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This Just In Archives

WEBACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency …

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Does Stroke Center Designation Improve Patient Outcomes

WEBACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency …

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Return ED Visits: Poor Performance or Flawed Metric

WEBThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has developed reporting and payment targets for physicians and for hospitals, and a significant amount of …

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Addressing Bias, Racism, and Disparities in the Emergency …

WEBDr. Gilbert is a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.. Dr. Hsu is a physician in the department of emergency medicine …

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Crisis Emergency Department Challenges in a Long …

WEBThe State of Alaska had a crisis standards-of-care document in development years before the COVID-19 pandemic, but it wasn’t approved until March 2020 when it …

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What To Expect When Sending Patients with COVID-19 Home

WEBOverall, nearly 5 percent of patients returned within 72 hours and needed admission to the hospital. For context, this rate may be five times higher than that …

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Team Rubicon Responds to COVID-19 Crisis in the Navajo Nation

WEBWith approximately 350,000 inhabitants living within 27,000 square miles, the Navajo Nation has seen a dramatic increase since March to 3,740 positive COVID …

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Creative Careers: Tonya Walker, MD, MPH

WEBDoctor Tonya Walker’s first love was public health, and it’s that passion that has guided her into a variety of unique jobs in emergency medicine. Now, two years into her role as the …

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Emergency Department Redesigns Must Incorporate Recent

WEBEmergency departments should be designed for a digital management process, not paper-based systems. Registration of ED patients must be done near the …

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2019–2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report

WEB2019–2020 Emergency Physician Compensation Report. Emergency physician incomes in most areas of the United States continue to increase. In …

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Determining a Fair Price for Health Care

WEBJAMA Intern Med. 2017;177 (8):1139-1145. ACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and …

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AHA Initiative Boosts Quality of Care for STEMI

WEBACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency …

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Statistical Trends of Diagnostic Testing in the Emergency …

WEBEmergency departments have become overall diagnostic and treatment centers of excellence and availability in the American health care system. This role has …

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Electric Scooter Injuries Rising, Often Involving the Head

WEBACEP Now offers real-time clinical news, news from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and news on practice trends and health care reform for the emergency …

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The Joint Commission Clarifies that Physicians Can Eat and

WEBAfter pressure from ACEP on behalf of our members, The Joint Commission (TJC) has clarified that emergency physicians, contrary to popular belief, can eat and …

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2023 Documentation Guideline Changes for ED E/M Codes 99281 …

WEBThese changes are illustrated by the 2023 ED E/M code descriptors, which will appear as follows: The 2023 E/M definitions have been updated to reflect simply …

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