Patients Will Soon Have Access To Clinical Notes—Are You Ready?
Patient records have been around for millennia. Evidence from antiquity shows that medical records initially functioned as...
ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 03 – March 2021
The Cures Act Gives Patients Access To Our Notes, & This Could Be Good
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), a staff division of the U.S....
By the Numbers: Firearms Stats in 2020
Firearm Sales Background Checks in 2020 21 Million. Up 60% from 2019 (source) Guns Sold March–May 2020 5.9...
Fighting Medical Misinformation Is Our Lane Now
“Total burnout,” said one colleague of mine while stepping out of a patient’s room, moments after being...
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In 2020, ACEP Successfully Lobbied Congress on Several Fronts
Every year, ACEP’s Public Affairs team takes a deep look at legislative issues affecting emergency physicians to...
What to Expect from the 117th Congress
The political events of the last few months, including the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan....
How To Identify and Treat Patellar Dislocation Versus Knee Dislocation
The Case A 15-year-old boy presents to the emergency department with acute left knee pain. While playing...
What’s This Mushroom, and Is It Toxic?
Question: Looking for the next challenge, I recently moved to North Carolina. House and family settled, I...
COVID-19 Data Visualizations Are Available Now
ACEP continues to expand its COVID-19 resource library. A recent addition is the “COVID-19 in U.S. Emergency...
The Frequency of Alcohol-Related Emergency Dept. Visits and Mortality
The Case A 53-year-old male known to have a substance use disorder presents to the emergency department....
We Must Think Beyond “Women in Medicine”
Editors’ Note: In this article, the word “female” is used as an adjective and “women” as a...
Insights from the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network
Thanks to the tireless work of countless staff and volunteers, the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network...
Residency Spotlight: The Albany Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency
Instagram: @amc_emergency_residents Location: Albany, New York Year founded: 1988 A number of residents: 12 Program length: Three...
New ACEP Podcast Focuses on Innovative Ideas
Are you a podcast fan? ACEP just added a new podcast, EMergence, that will focus on innovation...
ACEP’s Virtual Pediatric Conference, Plus a New Resource
ACEP’s 2021 Advanced Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly is coming to a computer screen near you April 19–21....
A Lack of Communication Let a Cancer Grow, Which Led to a Lawsuit
This medical malpractice case covers a theme commonly seen in lawsuits against emergency physicians. It highlights the...
ACEP Member Benefit Offers Finance, Legal, and Wellness Assistance
Are you aware of ACEP’s Wellness & Assistance Program in partnership with Mines & Associates? Members receive...
Dr. Marie-Carmelle Elie Named Professor and Chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Emergency Medicine
In January, Marie-Carmelle Elie, MD, became the first Black woman to be named professor and chair of...
Now Accepting Nominations for ACEP Board, Council
The ACEP Nominating Committee is accepting individual and component body recommendations for Board of Directors, Council Speaker,...
Two ACEP Members Named Medical Directors of the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
In January, NAEMT named Douglas F. Kupas, MD, EMT-P, FAEMS, FACEP, medical director, and Jeffrey L. Jarvis,...
Emergency Department Resuscitation Room Named After Dr. Steve Karas
Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, California, has recognized the contributions of emergency physician Stephen Karas, Jr., MD,...
ACEP’s Virtual Grand Rounds Scheduled Through May
ACEP’s monthly Virtual Grand Rounds, one of our most popular new education resources during the pandemic, has...
FACEPs in the Crowd: Dr. Molk
For Alan Molk, MD, FACEP, an emergency physician in Phoenix, it was a personal tragedy that prompted...
FACEPs in the Crowd: Dr. Zakharchenko
Svetlana Zakharchenko, DO, FACEP, director of emergency ultrasound at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, has...
