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Digital Health: A Guide for Future Clinicians

Mind The Bleep

Behind the scenes, this entry is assigned a clinical code (such as a SNOMED CT code) so it can be recognised as a blood pressure value by any health record software worldwide if the record should ever be exported there. Telemedicine allows the clinician to see readings from a sphygmomanometer in the patient’s home.

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SGEM#308: Taking Care of Patients Everyday with Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

The American College of Emergency Physicians ( ACEP ) has a number of documents discussing APPs in the ED. Clinical Question: How does the productivity of advanced practice providers compare to emergency physicians and what is its impact on emergency department operations? Reference: Pines et al. AEM November 2020.