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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

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

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Now, many PID patients are treated and released after ED administration of appropriate antibiotics to eradicate possible infection by Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis , often with added treatment for anaerobic microbes. Risk of brain tumor induction from pediatric head CT procedures. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:94-9.

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

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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. Council Vice Speaker Candidates Kurtis A.

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ED Boarding

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1 The letter detailed ED physician stories, highlighting the preventable harms from boarding, crowding, long waits, staff shortages, burnout, and the disproportionate impact on behavioral health and pediatric populations. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023. CMS website.