How Emergency Departments Can Embrace Diversity, Inclusion
In response to the article “Black MD” by Jenice Forde-Baker, MD, FACEP, the need to prove one‘s ability and capability as a…
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How Emergency Departments Can Embrace Diversity, Inclusion
In response to the article “Black MD” by Jenice Forde-Baker, MD, FACEP, the need to prove one‘s ability and capability as a... -
ACEP’s Steps to Promote Diversity Support the Needs of Minority Physicians
It was my usual day in the emergency department at a busy community hospital with 55,000 annual... -
Opinion: Affordable Care Act Consolidation Increases Health Plans’ Market Power
“The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating...
ACEP’s Steps to Promote Diversity Support the Needs of Minority Physicians
It was my usual day in the emergency department at a busy community hospital with 55,000 annual…
Opinion: Affordable Care Act Consolidation Increases Health Plans’ Market Power
“The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating…
ACEP Now Readers Weigh in on Firearms, Gun Violence
What is missing from this is the public health perspective in preventing these tragedies. In particular, it…
4 Ways Emergency Physicians Can Help Reduce Racism in Their Hospitals
I am a black male who lives in two worlds. I am a physician in a busy…
Opinion: Firearm Injury Prevention Is More Than Pro/Con Debate
We read with interest the recent pro/con debate in ACEP Now (July 2016) about gun control. This…
Transition from Academia to Community Hospital Practice Is Complicated for Emergency Physician
I listened to EMS’s story (hypotension, bradycardia, altered) via the new electronic medical record then looked to…
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Regulatory Burden or an Emergency Physician Function?
I had always assumed that I would remember my first code. I don’t, but I do remember…
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)…
ACEP Diversity Summit Promotes Cultural Sensitivity, Acceptance Among Members
I recently attended ACEP’s Diversity Summit, spearheaded by ACEP President-Elect Rebecca Parker, MD, FACEP, as part of…