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ACEP Launches Pilot Phase of Its Emergency Dept. Accreditation Program

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A June CDC report found that, although medications for opioid use disorder substantially reduce mortality, they are underused. In 2022, only 25 percent of the patients needing OUD treatment received it, according to the report. There are five sets of domains.

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Emergency Medicine Deserves to “Re-Brand” Itself as a Cost Saver

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Gaddis is a “PGY-37” who has stepped away from full-time employment after a 32-year full-time career in academic emergency medicine, and now works a limited number of shifts in a rural Critical Access hospital in Missouri. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. Updated September 21, 2022.