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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

ACEP Now

These stakeholders are similarly shielded in court when adverse patient outcomes, such as negligent deaths, occur under their management or when the bought-out companies are challenged for anticompetitive business practices overseen by the PE firm. 2022:3(9):e222886. Published December 14, 2022. Accessed August 24, 2025.

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

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 ED crowding and boarding are causing patient experiences and outcomes to worsen. ACEP website.

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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. Estimated incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus and shunt outcome in patients residing in assisted-living and extended-care facilities. Lancet Neurol. Marmarou, Young, Aygok. Neurosurg Focus. Marmarou et al. Amer J Rad.