What’s This Mushroom, and Is It Toxic?
Question: Looking for the next challenge, I recently moved to North Carolina. House and family settled, I…
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Beware Certain Varieties of Amanita Mushrooms
See Question There are more than 1,000 kinds of Amanita mushrooms. Some cause significant toxicity or death….
EM Physician Appointed to COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
Joneigh Khaldun, MD, MPH, was recently named a member of the Biden-Harris Administration COVID-19 Health Equity Task…
Patients Will Soon Have Access To Clinical Notes—Are You Ready?
Patient records have been around for millennia. Evidence from antiquity shows that medical records initially functioned as…
The Cures Act Gives Patients Access To Our Notes, & This Could Be Good
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a staff division of the U.S….
New ACEP Podcast Focuses on Innovative Ideas
Are you a podcast fan? ACEP just added a new podcast, EMergence, that will focus on innovation…
ACEP’s Virtual Pediatric Conference, Plus a New Resource
ACEP’s 2021 Advanced Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly is coming to a computer screen near you April 19–21….
ACEP Member Benefit Offers Finance, Legal, and Wellness Assistance
Are you aware of ACEP’s Wellness & Assistance Program in partnership with Mines & Associates? Members receive…
Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie Named Professor and Chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Emergency Medicine
In January, Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, became the first Black woman to be named professor and chair of…