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November 2023 News from the College

ACEP Now

Expand Your Knowledge of the Business of EM Practice Essentials, an online, asynchronous curriculum developed by ACEP and EMRA, dives into reimbursement, contracts, operations and risk management, and other topics that may not have been covered in depth during medical school or residency. Learn more at acep.org/PracticeEssentials.

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Can This Patient Leave Against Medical Advice?

ACEP Now

J Psychiatric Research. J Healthc Risk Manag. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2016;31:530-540. Folstein MF, Folstein SE,McHugh PR. Mini-mental state. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. 1975;12(3):189-198. Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bedirian V, et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(4);695-699.

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Documentation and Provider Standards Training

American Medical Compliance

To further emphasize the risk management aspect, it is deemed a serious violation and departure from the standard of care in and of itself when pertinent data is not documented. Of course, there are many more reasons why clinical care documentation is necessary outside avoiding legal risk.

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FRCEM SBA

RCEM Learning

Curriculum Category Syllabus Questions SLO1 Care for physiologically stable patients attending the ED across the full range of complexity Allergy Cardiology Dermatology Ear, nose and throat Elderly care Endocrinology Environmental emergencies Gastroenterology and hepatology Haematology Infectious diseases Maxillofacial / dental Mental Health Musculoskeletal (..)

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A Social Science Perspective on Masking

Sensible Medicine

—and therefore questions of risk management , i.e. the political and social process of making decisions that incorporate risk, amidst other priorities based on collective values. Risk assessment and management is at the heart of this disagreement (see these papers to dive more deeply).

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Laser Safety in Surgical Practice Training

American Medical Compliance

The most deadly of all dangers is complacency, therefore it’s critical to adopt a risk management approach to laser safety. Additionally, research has shown airborne contaminants generated by these surgical devices can be effectively controlled. The equipment is only as safe as its user.

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emDOCs Podcast – Episode 88: ED Evaluation of Diverticulitis

EMDocs

Management of Colonic Diverticulitis [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2020 Oct. Risk factors for complicated diverticulitis: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ther Clin Risk Manag. Dig Liver Dis. 2014 Feb;46(2):119-24. Balk EM, Adam GP, Cao W, et al.