There is no EMTALA issue in emergency medicine more difficult, more confusing, or more risk-prone than managing…
The emergency department serves as both the lifeline and the gateway to psychiatric care for millions of…
In January 2017, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a clinical policy developed by the ACEP Clinical…
Eleanor (not her real name) talked to me at length about her experience as a patient who…
Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a…
Some states are implementing telepsychiatry programs to expedite the provision of psychiatric care to patients in crisis…
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Aug. 7, 2014, that boarding psychiatric patients temporarily in hospital emergency…
UPDATE: Psych Boarding Ruled Unlawful in Washington State Stephen Anderson, MD, fully felt the impact of emergency…
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…
The availability of inpatient psychiatric care has worsened significantly and progressively over the past four years on…
