ACEP15 Session: Handheld Devices, Applications Emergency Physicians Should Know About
Esther Choo, MD, MPH, an emergency medicine physician at Rhode Island Hospital and assistant professor in the…
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ACEP15 Session: Recognizing Life-Threatening Rashes in Pediatric Patients
How many times has a child presented to the emergency department with an unexplained rash? When should…
ACEP15 Session: Strategies for Treating Patients With Elevated Blood Pressure
Elevated blood pressure is “the most common abnormality physicians encounter in the emergency department, but there is…
Palcohol: Powdered Alcohol Dangers that Emergency Physicians Should Know
Powdered alcohol could soon be sold in stores throughout the United States, but some say the product,…
AMA, CMS Announce ICD-10 Transition Period Specifics
With the October 1, 2015, implementation of ICD-10 around the corner, Pamela Bensen, MD, MS, FACEP, is…
ACEP Board Member Dr. Michael Bishop Named Vice Chair of American Medical Association RUC
Michael Bishop, MD, FACEP, an emergency physician at Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital and former member of…
Interstate Compact May Simplify Getting a Medical License in a New State
Dean Wilkerson, JD, MBA, CAE, tells of a physician who recently moved from New York to Texas…
Study Finds Nationwide Decline in One Type of Heart Attack
A new study in the American Journal of Cardiology shows a dramatic drop in ST-elevation myocardial infarction…
Solutions Needed to Reduce Boarding of Mental Health Patients in Emergency Departments
With fewer places left to turn, patients in need of mental health services are increasingly flocking to…
CMS Releases Physician Payment Data for the First Time Since 1979
On April 9, 2014, the annual payments individual physicians receive from Medicare were made public by 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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