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What are Children’s Lives Worth (to Save)?

EM Literature of Note

This article regarding the cost of upgrading emergency departments to be “ready” for sick children has been bouncing around in the background since its publication, with some initial lay press coverage. The likelihood of imprecision is magnified as the estimates are combined.

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ACEP Launches Pilot Phase of Its Emergency Dept. Accreditation Program

ACEP Now

Emergency physicians have long taken pride in delivering care every day of the week, every hour of the day. ACEP’s Emergency Department Accreditation program adds a layer to that, says Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FACEP, FAAP, FAEM, Chair of the program’s Board of Governors. There are five sets of domains.

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Sickle Cell Disease in the ED

EB Medicine

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R.

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Journal Club - Emergency Department Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder

Downeast Emergency Medicine

While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to overdose deaths and taxed constrained Emergency Department (ED) resources, it has also clarified the important role that emergency physicians have in expanding access to life-saving medications to treat opioid use disorder. Annals of Emergency Medicine.

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Timothy C. Peck, MD – Full Interview

ACEP Now

There’s no hard line for how many hours you should be measured on in terms of boarding or in terms of how long you’re in the emergency department. 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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Gradually Circling Around the GRACE Project’s “Reasonable Practice”

ACEP Now

Regardless of the domain, somewhere an expert panel has convened to issue a pronouncement informing all of the ideal care of patients under their specialty umbrella, indirectly extending to their care in the emergency department. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications. 1 To date, there have been three GRACE publications.

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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

There’s no hard line for how many hours you should be measured on in terms of boarding or in terms of how long you’re in the emergency department. 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.