Emergency Medicine Leaders Discuss How Democratic Groups Manage Scale, Consolidation
For decades, the concepts of democracy and democratic group practice have been held as the standard to...
ACEP Now: Vol 34 – No 11 – November 2015
Expanded Testing for Pulmonary Embolism Leads CT Scan Overuse
In the vast ocean of medicine, few diagnostic dilemmas descend so quickly into madness as does pulmonary...
Emergency Physicians Compete on NBC TV’s American Ninja Warrior
Jennifer L’Hommedieu Stankus, MD, JD, FACEP, is always looking for a challenge. “When I saw [NBC’s] American...
European Association of Urology Guidelines for Evaluating, Managing Blunt Renal Trauma
The ACEP Clinical Policies Committee regularly reviews guidelines published by other organizations and professional societies. Periodically, new...
Point-of-Care Pelvic Ultrasound Done by Emergency Physicians Comes Under Fire
Emergency physician–performed (EP) pelvic ultrasound has been shown to save lives, expedite patient care, and improve patient...
Emergency Medicine Code Black Documentary Basis for CBS TV Primetime Series
When ACEP Now last spoke with emergency physician and documentary filmmaker Ryan McGarry, MD, his film, Code...
Emergency Interventions for Treating Cardiac Electrical Storms
You are down by five, and there are only three seconds left in the game with 80...
Opinion: Emergency Physicians Should Work On Solutions to Balance Billing Issues
Balance billing is a matter in which emergency physicians have been placed in an indefensible position. While...
Segmentation Improves Emergency Department Patient Flow at Raritan Bay Medical Center
Once upon a time, the emergency department was a single treatment room in the basement of a...
Free Open Access Medical Education Twitter Authors Appear in Top Peer-Reviewed Journals
Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM or #FOAMed) has always had a bit of a rebellious streak....
American Academy of Physician Assistants Reacts to AMA President Dr. Steven Stack’s Statements About PAs
We have received many responses to the third part of our interview series with AMA President Steven...
ACEP’s DART Tool Helps Identify Sepsis Early
Because of you, deaths from sepsis have decreased. But we can always strive to do better. A...
Emergency Medicine Foundation’s “Pave the Way” Still Accepting Donations
Donate a brick to ACEP’s new headquarters and “Pave the Way” for the future of emergency medicine....
SEMPA Offers Support, Clarification for AMA President Dr. Steven Stack’s Comments on Advanced Practice Providers
This letter is in response to the article featured in the September 14, 2015, issue of ACEP...
