New Website Draws Public’s Attention to Key Emergency Medicine Issues
In October 2019, ACEP launched a new external website, to provide the latest news, advocacy, and medical…
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Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner Utilization Task Force Update
The Emergency Physician Assistant (PA)/Nurse Practitioner (NP) Utilization Task Force has finished its work and presented its…
ACEP Collaborates on Seizure Care, Postpartum Morbidity
ACEP’s Clinical Affairs Department recently met with the American Epilepsy Society about creating a guideline for care…
The Emergency Medicine Foundation Is Now Accepting Grant Applications
The Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) is now accepting applications for its 2020–2021 grants—which include four new grant…
ACEP4U: No Silence on Emergency Department Violence
During ACEP19 in Denver, we officially announced “No Silence on ED Violence,” our new joint campaign with…
FACEPs in the Crowd: Drs. Goldberg, Oker and Parker III
Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, FACEP Elizabeth Goldberg, MD, FACEP, is an associate professor of emergency medicine at Brown…
ACEP Develops an FAQ to Explain Its Alternative Payment Model
As Medicare and other payers move away from fee-for-service toward value-based care, ACEP has taken a leading…
Master Clinicians Address Large Problems One Step at a Time
I have long questioned the utility of airway algorithms and their relevance to emergency airways. This notion…
EM Residents Use ACEP Grant to Teach Citizen First-Responder Courses
When we work in an emergency department, we are ready for anything and everything. But even without…
Overcoming Unconscious Bias Takes Strategy and Collective Effort
Clinicians are more likely to consider black patients less compliant and less cooperative in medical settings than…