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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

Between deployments, Dr. McCormick earned his Master of Business Administration from National University and medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. DR. PECK: Right here in Indiana and District 9, I have several critical access hospitals that are part of the consolidation effort of other systems.

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SGEM#333: Do you gotta be starting something – like tPA before EVT?

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. He also works at an urgent care and a rural critical access hospital. Effect of Mechanical Thrombectomy Without vs With Intravenous Thrombolysis on Functional Outcome Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The SKIP Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Journal Club - Tranexamic Acid in Trauma

Downeast Emergency Medicine

2][3] If earlier treatment with TXA is better, would there be benefit in its administration in the prehospital setting? 4] We also know that severe TBI is commonly associated with the development of intracranial hemorrhage where the presence and volume of blood are associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes.[5] JAMA Neurol.

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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

The primary outcome was enrollment in and receiving addiction treatment at 30-days post-randomization. Additional outcomes included self-reported days of illicit opioid use, urine testing for illicit opioids, HIV risk, and use of addiction treatment services. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2021; 78(3): 434-442.[

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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. Borsa A, Bejarano G, Ellen M, et al. 2023;382:e075244. Kannan S, Bruch JD, Song Z.

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

ACEP Now

This is an important opportunity for board certified emergency physicians to secure those positions today, impressing upon hospital administrations the essential benefits to the patients, the medical staff, and the hospital itself uniquely enabled by board certified emergency physicians.

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

ED crowding and boarding are causing patient experiences and outcomes to worsen. Accessed July 13, 2023. The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. Letter to President Biden. ACEP website. CMS website.