How Today’s Paying Emergency Department Patients Are Changing
The composition, demographics, and disposition of today’s emergency department patients are changing as quickly as the landscape…
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How Today’s Paying Emergency Department Patients Are Changing
The composition, demographics, and disposition of today’s emergency department patients are changing as quickly as the landscape... -
Tips on Treating Medical Emergencies at End of Life for Patients Who Don’t Want Resuscitation
Your patient has terminal metastatic cancer. In his record, you find a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment... -
ACEP Weighs In on Federal Regulatory Updates on Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Outpatient Observation, and More
ACEP has been instrumental in supporting and influencing recent federal regulations. In addition to a lawsuit against...
Tips on Treating Medical Emergencies at End of Life for Patients Who Don’t Want Resuscitation
Your patient has terminal metastatic cancer. In his record, you find a Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment…
ACEP Weighs In on Federal Regulatory Updates on Medicaid Managed Care, Medicare Outpatient Observation, and More
ACEP has been instrumental in supporting and influencing recent federal regulations. In addition to a lawsuit against…
The Internet of Medical Things, Useful Devices for Emergency Physicians
The era of the Internet of Medical Things (IOMT) can be best summarized into five broad categories…
Prescription-Drug Monitoring Saves Lives, Could Save More
State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet…
Ketamine to be Tested as Treatment for Alcoholics
British scientists are recruiting volunteers to test whether ketamine, also known as the party drug “Special K,”…
“FemInEM” Is Blazing a Positive Path to Gender Equity
Although the saying goes, “Inspiration often strikes when you’re least expecting it,” I tend to find inspiration…
Flint, Michigan County Has First Case of Legionnaires’ Disease in 2016
The home county to Flint, Michigan, where residents were exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water, had its first…
More U.S. Babies with Zika-Related Birth Defects Reported by Health Agency
Three more babies have been born in the United States with birth defects likely linked to Zika…
U.S. Republicans Reject Democratic Funding Proposals for Opioids
Republican lawmakers in U.S. Congress have rejected two Democratic amendments to provide nearly $1 billion in funding…
