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Clinical Decision Support Tools Can Help Emergency Physicians Put Guidelines into Practice
While there are many evidence-based guidelines and decision aids to guide imaging decisions in the emergency department…
Emergency Departments Need Plan to Deal with Drug Shortages
In recent years, there have been countless unprecedented, unexpected, and unplanned short-term medication shortages and ever more…
Myths in Emergency Medicine: Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiograms as Imaging Standard, and Radiographs for Pelvic Trauma
Myth 1: CTPA Is the Incontrovertible Standard for PE Today’s imaging standard for pulmonary embolism (PE) is…
ACEP’s Role at Fundraiser for Speaker of the House Paul Ryan an Example of Access to Legislators through NEMPAC
The value of access to legislators cannot be understated, and a strong political action committee (PAC) provides…
ACEP Now Wins APEX Award for Writing Excellence
ACEP Now has received an APEX Award of Excellence for writing for “In The Aftermath of Gunfire” (January…
2017 ACEP Elections Preview: Meet the President-Elect Candidates
Each October at ACEP’s annual Council meeting, the ACEP Council elects new leaders for the College. The…
Retire Early with No Tax Bill
Q. One of my partners retired early and said she basically pays no taxes at all. Can…
How to Code for Cardioversion
Question: Can I bill for elective, external, electrical cardioversion in the emergency department? Answer: Absolutely, yes. There…
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Is Rare but Serious Complication of E. Coli Infection
The Case A 3-year-old boy with watery diarrhea for the past three days as well as vomiting…