Hurricane Florence and the Use of Telemedicine
Hurricane Florence struck North Carolina as a Category 1 storm on Sept. 14, 2018, bringing with it…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
High-Yield Ocular Ultrasound Applications in the ED, Part 1
Part 1 of a 3-part series. The Case Monday, 23:00—Your first patient of the night is a…
For One Medical Student, a Job as a Scribe Was the Pathway to Emergency Medicine
I turned 18 in the emergency department. The charge nurse surprised me with a cake, and as…
New ACEP Framework Protects Patients from Out-of-Network Billing
On Jan. 28, 2019, ACEP released a framework of proposed solutions to protect emergency patients from surprise…
ACEP Is Launching New EM Journal, Seeks Editor-in-Chief
ACEP is launching a new open-access journal in 2020 and is seeking applicants for editor-in-chief. The editor will…
ACEP Members Receive Order of International Federation for EM Award
Ashley Bean, MD, FACEP, and Gary Gaddis, MD, PhD, FACEP, were honored with the Order of the…
Make Plans Now for ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference in May
The Leadership & Advocacy Conference (LAC) is coming up May 5–8, 2019, in Washington, D.C., and it’s…
ACEP Suspends Physician for Expert Witness and Ethics Code Violations
The ACEP Board of Directors suspended Diane M. Sixsmith, MD, FACEP, from ACEP membership for a period…
Reduce Opioid Duration and Quantity to Limit Use, Avoid Addiction
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh part of an ongoing series on what emergency physicians can do…
Comment Now on Clinical Policy Draft for Acute Headache
The draft “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues in the Evaluation and Management of Adult Patients Presenting to the…
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With regard to state legislative activity regulating the opioid prescribing practices of emergency physicians, which of the following wouId you support? Check all that apply.
- Restrictions on duration (36%, 229 Votes)
- Restrictions of quantity (34%, 219 Votes)
- Mandatory checking of prescription drug monitoring systems for all opioid prescriptions from the ED (30%, 194 Votes)
Total Voters: 367
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