Critics of Zohydro ER Approval Suspect Conflict of Interest with Pharmaceutical Industry
Whether you buy into a Food and Drug Administration conspiracy theory or not, there are many problems...
ACEP Now: Vol 33 – No 06 – June 2014
Decreased Public Mental Health Spending Raises Concerns over Psychiatric Patient Boarding
The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on...
“Code Black” Documentary about Los Angeles County General Hospital Captures the Challenge, Energy of Emergency Medicine
During his four years of residency at the University of Southern California Los Angeles County General Hospital,...
CMS Releases Physician Payment Data for the First Time Since 1979
On April 9, 2014, the annual payments individual physicians receive from Medicare were made public by the...
Submit Suggestions for ACEP Council Resolutions by July 28, 2014
The deadline to submit a resolution to the Council is July 28, 2014. Over the course of...
Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to...
Emergency Physicians Urged Not to Prescribe New Opioid, Zohydro ER, Given High Potential for Abuse
Despite the United States encompassing just 5 percent of the world’s population, it accounts for 84 percent...
Health Care Professionals Share Insights on Challenges, Future of Emergency Medicine
Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP: What are top challenges in 2014 for health care? Where do...
Congress Questions Ethics Behind FDA Approval of Zohydro ER
The FDA’s approval of the hydrocodone drug Zohydro ER has been met with criticism from health care...
Emergency Physicians Offer Different Views on Lumbar Puncture Before CT Scan
I was reading today (3/25/14) “Myths in Emergency Medicine: Part 2” in ACEP Now. I wanted to...
Managing Stress In Crisis Critical to Performing Emergency Airway Management Techniques
Too much time is dedicated to the acquisition of technique and too little to the preparation of...
Top Tweets from Emergency Physicians about Back-to-Basics Medical Knowledge
The Free Open Access Medical Education movement (#FOAMed) often focuses its attention around the hottest topics in...
ZIO XT Patch Cardiac Monitoring Device May Be Good Option for Evaluating Possible Dysrhythmias
I recently cared for a 35-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department for evaluation of palpitations....
How Much Money Do Physicians Need to Retire?
Question: I am 55 years old and would like to retire. I just finished paying off my...
Japan’s Model for Workplace Organization Can Help Emergency Departments Improve Efficiency
One of the most commonly observed features of the practice of emergency medicine is that workflow depends...
Dr. Howard Mell Named ACEP’s 2014 Spokesperson of the Year
For his work with national media outlets, including extensive interviews conducted after the 2014 Report Card on...
Dr. Michael Miller Is 2014 Emergency Department Director of the Year
For his successful collaborative work at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and 18-plus years of...
NBC TV News Team, New Yorker Reporter Win Awards of Excellence for 2014
Barbara Morse Silva (left) and Paul Tierney of NBC10 Rhode Island are winners of this year’s Award...
Praise for Article “Text Rx” on Electronic Patient Communications
Thank you for the “Text Rx” article that appeared in the March 2014 issue of ACEP Now....
Maintenance of Licensure: Three…Two…One…Ready or Not?
What Is Maintenance of Licensure (MOL)? The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) represents the 70 state...
