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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

Background Recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics reveal that in the 12-month period ending in April 2021, more than 100,000 Americans died of an overdose, a staggering increase of nearly 30% the prior year. 2021; 4(7): e2117128.[ 2021; 78(3): 434-442.[ The Journal of Rural Health. Pubmed ] 3. Herring, et al.

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

ACEP Now

Colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have developed a robust telehealth network with over 25 critical access hospitals in that state. One of the major areas of focus must be on the distribution of emergency physicians with opportunities within residency to have substantive rural and critical access experience.

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

Funds could be used to hire additional physicians or advanced practice clinicians to augment clinical gaps, or to provide leadership. Monthly rates of patients who left before accessing care in us emergency departments, 2017-2021. link] Published August 13, 2021. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023.