ACEP President Dr. Jay Kaplan Discusses Challenges Facing Emergency Medicine
Each year brings new challenges for our specialty to face and a new President to lead the...
ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 03 – March 2016
Naloxone Distribution Strategies Needed in Emergency Departments
The Case A 57-year-old man is brought in by family in a private vehicle after a “heroin...
Emergency Physicians Discuss Mergers, Money, Future of Emergency Medicine at ACEP15 Council Town Hall
Editor’s Note: The ACEP Council hosted a Town Hall meeting on mergers and acquisitions on Oct. 24,...
Construction Continues on ACEP’s New Headquarters; Opening Expected September 2016
The walls are up, and construction is moving forward toward a fall grand opening for the new...
Guidance on Cerebrospinal Fluid Sterilization in Pediatric Meningitis, Carotid Injury Risk after Palatal Wound in Children
The best questions often stem from the inquisitive learner. As educators, we love—and are always humbled—by those...
Emergency Physicians Encouraged to Draw Attention to Pharmaceutical Drug Shortages
Although many ACEP members have forgotten about times when medications were consistently plentiful, it’s really been just...
New CMS Rules Introduce Bundled Payments for Observation Care
Last November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published its 2016 final rule for the...
Emergency Physician Lands in ED after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage During Bike Ride
When emergency physician Michael J. Jarosick, DO, decided to go for a mountain bike ride in Ohio’s...
AAENP, AANPCP Partner to Develop Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam
The American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (AAENP) and the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program...
Cold Temperatures Greet Emergency Physician Spending Winter in Antarctica
“How do you get to Antarctica?” may be the third most common question I get when I...
Physician Staffing Model at Texas Health ED Helps Maintain Top Clinical, Operational Metrics
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth is part of a 25-hospital system and one of the...
New Sepsis Definitions Spark Debate on Twitter
If free open access medical education (#FOAMed) has a single greatest strength, it is that it cuts...
Documentation Pearls for Navigating Abscess Incision/Drainage Codes
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar...
First Emergency Medicine Wellness Week a Success
The first-ever Emergency Medicine Wellness Week was a healthy success. Hundreds of ACEP members participated in the...
ACEP Joins National Opioid Working Group
ACEP has joined dozens of other medical groups to participate in the U.S. Department of Health and...
ACEP Committees Accepting Applications for Volunteer Members Until May 16
The selection process has begun for appointing members to serve on national ACEP committees during fiscal year...
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...
