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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. 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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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. Accessed June 10, 2023.