Telepsychiatry, Emergency Psychiatric Services Can Reduce Mental Health Patient Boarding
Psychiatric boarding is the phenomenon of mental health patients who are otherwise medically stable waiting for a…
Posts by Joseph Harrington
American College of Surgeons Considers Promoting Firearm Safety, Injury Prevention
Firearm safety is a topic not only being discussed within ACEP but also of interest to other…
Gun Control Issue Fosters Pro–Con Advocacy Debate in Emergency Medicine
Gun violence is an ever-growing concern in the United States, and there’s no question that emergency physicians…
A Marriage of Old Data and New Concepts: New Sepsis Definitions Raise Concerns about Accuracy, Usefulness in Emergency Medicine
Sepsis can be a difficult condition to diagnose thanks in part to non-specific criteria; the definitions of…
Updated ACEP Member Survey Finds Changes in Ethical Issues in Emergency Medicine
Ethical issues are a common challenge for practicing emergency physicians. The ACEP Ethics Committee first surveyed ACEP…
Senior-Friendly Emergency Departments Combine Care-Model Innovation With Local Adaptation
Health care systems worldwide are grappling with a 21st-century reality for emergency medicine: While we thought EM…
Leadership and Advocacy Conference Informative, Inspirational for Emergency Medicine Residents
Dr. Cosgrove: “The world is run by those who show up.” I was never really one for…
Naloxone Distribution to Patients in Emergency Department Raises Controversy
The article “Naloxone Distribution Strategies Needed in Emergency Departments” by Samuels et al (ACEP Now, March 2016)…
Ultrasound-Guided Glenohumeral Joint Evaluation and Aspiration
Evaluation of the patient with the painful shoulder can be difficult in the emergency department. The septic…
Documentation Pearls for Level 5 Caveat in Medical Coding
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…