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ACEP Launches Pilot Phase of Its Emergency Dept. Accreditation Program

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In 2022, only 25 percent of the patients needing OUD treatment received it, according to the report. ED ACCREDITATION ACEP’s ED Accreditation Program will include Level 1, Level 2, Level 3 and Rural Emergency or Critical Access Hospital accreditation. There are five sets of domains.

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SGEM Xtra: Lead Me On – What I Learned from Top Gun

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Date: October 5th, 2022 Reference: Top Gun 1986 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Carpenter is Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Washington University in St. When Top Gun Maverick was released on Memorial Day Weekend May 27th, 2022, I hosted a weekend extravaganza.

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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. Updated September 21, 2022. Accessed June 10, 2023. February 22, 2022. Mayo Clinic Staff.

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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

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As of 2022, 1 in 4 emergency departments in the United States were staffed by a private equity-owned physician group. 2022:3(9):e222886. Published December 14, 2022. Accessed August 24, 2025. Accessed August 25, 2024. Accessed August 25, 2024. JAMA Health Forum. Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP).

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ED Boarding

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In November 2022, the American College of Emergency Physicians sent a letter to President Biden on behalf of 34 organizations, asking to convene stakeholders to identify solutions to address the emergency department (ED) boarding crisis.1 link] Published November 7, 2022. Accessed July 13, 2023. link] Published March 29, 2022.

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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. Consultation with neurosurgery is essential as these patients need source control in addition to standard antimicrobial therapy for meningitis or encephalitis. Imaging Evaluation of CSF Shunts. Amer J Rad. Zhou and Xia. Aging Neurosci.

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February 2025 News from the College

ACEP Now

The 2022 survey (administered in 2023 to all EDs open during 2022) included the physician question. The NEDI-USA database includes basic ED characteristics such as annual visit volume, critical access hospital (CAH) status, rural location, and freestanding ED status.