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ACEP Board Meeting Tackles Current Issues, Practice Trends

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The inaugural ACEP Accelerate conference – which combined the ED Director’s Academy, the Advanced Pediatrics EM Assembly, Reimbursement & Coding, and Teaching Fellowship—took place in Arlington, TX in March 2023.

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EQUAL: a Straightforward Approach To Caring for Disabled Patients

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2 For example, patients that live with disabilities are twice as likely to report sexual assault compared to those without a disability. This makes documentation and communication of the utmost importance for these patients for their health and safety. EM Resident. Krahn, et al., Open Access Emerg Med. 2022; 14: 441–456.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

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4,5 Of particular concern is the Sudanese conflict, which began in April 2023, and which has caused the largest internal displacement of a population in documented history. About three-quarters of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa serve as origin or destination points for refugees. Viral hemorrhagic fevers and their regions in Africa.