Suicide Attempt in the Terminally Ill Cancer Patient with Advance Directive
A middle-aged male with squamous cell carcinoma and extensive metastases is brought to the emergency department (ED)…
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Maryland Implements Value-Based Alternative Payment Model
In January 2023, the state of Maryland launched the first-ever government-based emergency medicine alternative payment model. An…
Emergency Physician Provides HIV and Hepatitis C Testing, Counseling to Underserved Communities
Yvette Calderon, MD, FACEP, understood health disparities from an early age. Born to Puerto Rican parents who…
ACEP Leads National Summit on the Boarding Crisis
Boarding in the emergency department is a systemic crisis with emergency physicians at the center. While the…
ACEP Chapter Roundup: Highlights and Updates from 2023
As we close out 2023, ACEP’s chapters were invited to share news from the past year and…
An Actionable, Visual Dashboard Approach to Boarding
Boarding has reached crisis levels across the United States, recently culminating in a letter from ACEP and…
From the Editor: Burnout Champions & the Boarder Crisis
Recently several administrators, wealthy donors, and prominent politicians gathered to cut the red velvet ribbon on a…
Data-Driven Approach Yields New Approach for Emergency Department Triage
Emergency medicine involves a density of decision-making that exceeds that of any other medical specialty. Emergency physicians…
December 2023 News from the College
ACEP Blunts Medicare Cuts in 2024 Physician Fee Schedule CMS recently released the Physician Fee Schedule PFS…
Tackling Emergency Department Crowding
Emergency departments (EDs) are currently dealing with big problems of overcrowding and boarding. The number of patients…