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2023 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect and Council Officer Candidates

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Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. The weighting must strongly be on patient safety and on expanding the opportunities for board certified emergency physicians. We must always work against a balance.

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ED Boarding

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nursing schools turned away 80,407 qualified applicants in 2019 due to a lack of faculty, education space, and resources.9 Accessed July 13, 2023. Such funding would create an imperative for hospitals to focus on ED boarding with additional dedicated human resources at a time when hospital budgets are strained. CMS website.