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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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Meet the Emergency Physicians Running for Congress

ACEP Now

testifying before Congress to advocate for telemedicine and value based care. As an emergency physician who has founded a telemedicine practice, treating patients in nursing homes, and worked to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, I’ve seen what PE has done to the nursing home industry. He also has worked as an advocate in D.C,

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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. In this role, he focuses on developing and implementing new care models including telemedicine, alternative payment models, and also leads the USACS opioid programs.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

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Boarding of Mentally Ill Patients in Emergency Departments: American Psychiatric Association Resource Document. Until those changes happen, many solutions must come from the local level and require engagement from a variety of community stakeholders including hospitals, EDs, crisis centers, group homes, and government officials. 10.1542/peds.2022-057383