ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 12 – December 2015 Archives

Reducing Boarding Time in the Emergency Department Can Improve Patient Care

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A few years ago, emergency department leaders were given a valuable gift. The Joint Commission and then...

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Consolidation in the health care market isn’t a new trend, but the frenzy of mergers and acquisitions...

Dec 15, 2015 - By Terrance McGovern, DO, MPH, and Justin McNamee, DO

The hand is an intricate structure that provides us with the dexterity needed for our everyday lives....

Dec 15, 2015 - By Melissa McHarg

The Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), located at the Denver and Salt...

Dec 14, 2015 - By John J. Rogers, MD, CPE, FACEP

ACEP is a membership organization. As such, members have a right to know its financial status. The...

Dec 12, 2016 - By Sheryl Heron, MD, MPH, FACEP

In response to the article “Black MD” by Jenice Forde-Baker, MD, FACEP, the need to prove one‘s ability and capability as a...

Dec 15, 2015 - By Sandra M. Schneider, MD, FACEP

In 2013, more than 41,000 individuals died of suicide in the United States, and while that number...

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The American Board of Emergency Medicine’s (ABEM) improvements to its Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program may not...

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Q. I know you have recommended that attending physicians should be putting about 20 percent of their...

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Hyperangulated video laryngoscopes have blade shapes with a curvature more acute than a standard Macintosh blade. Commercial...

Dec 15, 2015 - By Charmiane Lieu, MD, Gerin River, MD, Daniel Mantuani, MPH, MD, and Arun Nagdev, MD

Central venous catheter placement is an essential procedure in emergency medicine, with the internal jugular vein (IJV)...

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A number of communication strategies have evolved over the past decade to improve the patient encounter and...

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Near-record attendance at ACEP15 in Boston brought new leadership, new faces, and healthy contributions to ACEP’s advocacy...