During its October meeting held in conjunction with ACEP20 Unconventional, the ACEP Board of Directors approved the following new, revised, or reaffirmed policy statements:

• Overcoming Barriers to Promotion of Women and Underrepresented in Medicine Faculty in Academic Emergency Medicine (new)
• Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the ED with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (new, replacing 2009 clinical policy with the same name)
• Deferral of Care for ED Patients (revised, replaced Deferral of Care After Medical Screening of ED Patients)
• ED Patient Advocate Role & Training (revised)
• Emergency Physician Compensation Transparency (new)
• Social Work and Case Management in the ED (revised, replaced Patient Support Services)
• Third-Party Payers and Emergency Medical Care (revised)
• Worldwide Nuclear Disarmament (reaffirmed)
• Handoffs: Transitions of Care for Children in the ED (reaffirmed)
• Immunization of Adults & Children in the ED (revised)
• Patient- and Family-Centered Care & the Role of Emergency Physicians Providing Care to a Child in the ED Policy Statement and Joint Technical Report with the American Academy of Pediatrics (reaffirmed)
• Adult Psychiatric Emergencies (new)
• Prevention of Harm from Internet and Social Media Challenges (new)
• Collective Bargaining, Work Stoppages, and Slowdowns (revised)

The ACEP Council also addressed a variety of topics during its October meeting. See page 16 for a summary.