Let’s Talk About Trust in Health Care
Trust—it’s often said to be an essential component to survival. Borrowing from Stephen M. R. Covey, trust...
ACEP Now: Vol 40 – No 10 – October 2021
Rescue Team Doctor at the Surfside Condo Collapse Shares Experience
Shortly after 1:20 a.m. on June 24, 2021, a large section of Champlain Towers South, a 12-story...
Emergency Physicians Explore the Future of the Emergency Medicine Workforce
Note: Watch a video of the complete Workforce Roundtable here. I recently met with four emergency physicians—Jesse...
By the Numbers: Public Opinion of EM’s Value
From a survey of 2,200 adults 78% say they or a member of their household have received...
Residency Spotlight: Oregon Health & Science University Emergency Medicine Residency Program
Twitter: @ohsuemres Location: Portland, Oregon Year founded: 1977 Number of residents: 33 Program length: Three years What kind of training...
2021 Survey of the Emergency Medicine Job Market
When I was a young recruiter in New York City, I spent many a summer weekend in...
ACEP’s Data Registry Participants Successful with MIPS in 2020
In 2020, more than 20,500 emergency department clinicians (70 percent of whom are emergency physicians) utilized ACEP’s...
Strategies To Help Your ED Adapt to Variable Volumes and Patient Needs
One of the unforeseen changes to emergency medicine in the peri-pandemic era is the extreme variation in...
Geriatric Trauma Myths and Misperceptions: Part 1
The oldest Americans are the fastest-growing population in the United States.1 Older persons are more likely to...
Lesson Learned: Delayed Documentation Can Lead to Suspicion
The Case A 33-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with shortness of breath. She checked into...
EM Residents Share Books That Have Resonated With Them
As the resident fellow for ACEP Now, I plan to incorporate the intersection of the humanities and...
2021 ACEP Leadership Award Recipients
John G. Wiegenstein Leadership Award Jay A. Kaplan, MD, FACEP Dr. Kaplan is medical director of care...
How To Remove Incarcerating Metallic Penile Hardware
The location of our emergency department in the greater Palm Springs, California, area has likely contributed to...
ACEP Responds to Major Medicare Regulation Impacting Physician Payments
In early September, ACEP submitted a comprehensive response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’)...
Sickle Cell Point-of-Care Tool Now Available
Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States. The unpredictable severe...
New Atrial Fibrillation Quality Initiative Available
Emergency departments, emergency groups, and individual clinicians are invited to join the BMS/Pfizer Atrial Fibrillation Initiative, a...
PEERcert+ for MyEMCert: New Modules Added
If you’re preparing for ABEM’s new MyEMCert, you deserve the effective and efficient board prep that PEERcert+...
Emergency Medicine Research Workshop Coming Up
If you’re interested in honing your research skills, get your slot for the upcoming EM Basic Research...
Check Out ACEP’s Latest On-Demand CME Courses
The end of the year is coming up quickly, so make sure to utilize your CME dollars....
ACEP Calls for Revisions to SEP-1 Bundle
In early September, ACEP signed a letter to the National Quality Forum calling for the Severe Sepsis...
