EB Medicine

JULY 9, 2024

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD and T.R.

Risk Management 84

Risk Management Emergency Department Hospitals 84

ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Imagine a 9-week pregnant patient who comes to the emergency department with vaginal bleeding and abdominal cramping. EMTALA mandates that any patient who comes to an emergency department experiencing an emergency medical condition must be treated and stabilized, which may involve an abortion.

OB/GYN 59

OB/GYN Emergency Department Leadership Hospitals 59

ACEP Now

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

And in our comment letter responding to the FTC and Department of Justice’s proposed updates to health care merger guidelines, ACEP urged the agencies to finalize these changes that would bring more scrutiny to health care mergers and slow down consolidation.

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Leadership Administration Research Risk Management 98

ACEP Now

JANUARY 14, 2024

Many common presentations to the emergency department (ED) are related to drug interactions that are commonly missed and largely preventable. 8 It is just only older patients who are at risk for drug interactions. Acad Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. Reducing the risk of adverse drug events in older adults.

Psychiatric 52

Psychiatric Emergency Department Hospitals EMS 52

Northwestern EM Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

A pediatric emergency department in Texas looked at the resulted of their routine suicide risk screenings for patients aged 11-21. Suicide ideation and attempts in a pediatric emergency department before and during COVID-19. Association of Suicide and Other Mortality With Emergency Department Presentation.

Emergency Department 52

Emergency Department Research CDC Pediatrics 52

ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

A 16-year-old female presents to the emergency department (ED) after being sexually assaulted by two males at a party at her friend’s house. The key to answering this question, no matter where you are, is to engage your hospital attorney or risk manager. She denies any complaints or injuries. What do you do?

Sexual Assault 52

Sexual Assault Forensics EMS Risk Management 52

EMDocs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

A clinical decision rule to establish the diagnosis of acute diverticulitis at the emergency department. Ther Clin Risk Manag. The Utility of Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Intervention in Acute Diverticulitis. 2017;34(3):227-232 Laméris W, van Randen A, van Gulik TM, et al. Dis Colon Rectum.

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Radiology Radiology Operations Best Practices 68