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

ACEP Now

How does that apply to the role of the board certified emergency physician? Fundamentally, I believe every patient coming to an emergency department is best served by care delivered by board certified emergency physicians. When those same fundamentals done right achieve great success, they aren’t little at all.

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ACEP Council Tackles Key Issues During Philadelphia Meeting

ACEP Now

In addition to 7 commendation resolutions and 12 memorial resolutions, the following non-bylaws resolutions were adopted: 19- Scientific Assembly Vendor Transparency (as amended) 20- Emergency Medicine Research Mentorship Network (as substituted) 21- Mitigation of Competition for Procedures Between Emergency Medicine Resident Physicians and Other Learners (..)

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ED Boarding

ACEP Now

In November 2022, the American College of Emergency Physicians sent a letter to President Biden on behalf of 34 organizations, asking to convene stakeholders to identify solutions to address the emergency department (ED) boarding crisis.1 Acad Emerg Med. Accessed July 13, 2023. Accessed July 13, 2023.