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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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Added benefit would accrue when a pediatric patient avoids CT images, thereby decreasing the potential risk for a subsequent cancer. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021. Accessed June 10, 2023. Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network head injury clinical prediction rules are reliable in practice.