Rat-Bite Fever’s Non-Specific Symptoms Make Patient History Important for Diagnosis
The Case Chief complaint: fever and rash. I stare at the triage notes of the eight-year-old female…
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Opinion: Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants Should Not Have Same Drug Prescribing Authority as Physicians
[Regarding “Minnesota Becomes 19th State to Allow Nurse Practitioners Full Scope of Authority to Prescribe,” published online…
Opinion: Physicians May Be Slow to Change Behaviors, Even With Threat of Malpractice
The article by Dr. Waxman in the January 2015 issue of ACEP Now [“What Is Really Driving…
Opinion: Encourage Expansion of Medicaid Programs to Help Save Rural Hospitals
Thank you, Dr. Rogers, for raising this important issue [in “Rural Hospitals Not Open for Business,” January…
Opinion: ACEP, Society of Emergency Medicine Should Advocate for Reform of Rural Hospitals
[Regarding “Rural Hospitals Not Open for Business,” January 2015] one of the easiest ways to help save…
American Medical Association President-Elect Steven Stack, MD, FACEP, to Speak at Medical Informatics World Conference
In early January, the Cambridge Healthtech Institute announced that emergency physician and AMA President-Elect Steven Stack, MD,…
ACEP Portfolio Tracker an Online Repository for Career Documents
This online repository keeps your licenses, certificates, CVs, diplomas, and more all in a central location, all…
Emergency Physician Dr. Nathan Kuppermann Honored for Work in Pediatric Emergency Care
At the 2015 Advanced Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly this month in New York City, Nathan Kuppermann, MD,…
ACEP Associate Executive Director Robert Heard Recognized for Achievement in Innovation
On the strength of a successful sophomore year for innovatED, ACEP Associate Executive Director Robert Heard, MBA,…
ACEP to Develop Telemedicine Policy for Emergency Medicine
At ACEP’s 2014 Council Meeting, Resolution 36(14), Development of Telemedicine Policy for Emergency Medicine, was adopted by…