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Timothy C. Peck, MD – Full Interview

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ACEP Now : Boarding What obstacles exist in Congress to address hospital boarding? testifying before Congress to advocate for telemedicine and value based care. 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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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

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He completed residency in emergency medicine through Emory while training at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Most recently, Dr. McCormick served as an emergency physician at Northside Hospital. In the Atlanta region, we had AMC, one of the largest hospitals in the region closed. Overburden the other hospital systems.

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ED Boarding

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Hospital crowding and ED boarding have been longstanding and persistent crises for more than two decades, yet have progressively worsened over the COVID-19 pandemic.2 Even more so, nurses left practice or migrated to non-hospital settings. Here’s what the government can do to impact the hospital crowding and ED boarding crisis.