Improve Your Emergency Department’s Pain and Addiction Care
We may be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the opioid epidemic isn’t going away….
Opioid Crisis
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Improve Your Emergency Department’s Pain and Addiction Care
We may be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the opioid epidemic isn’t going away.... -
Congress Backs Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the ED Program
In December 2019, Congress authorized funding for the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department program—the... -
Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1...
Congress Backs Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the ED Program
In December 2019, Congress authorized funding for the Alternatives to Opioids (ALTO) in the Emergency Department program—the…
Naloxone Is Just One Piece of the Opioid Puzzle
Drug overdose deaths nearly tripled in the United States between 1999 and 2014. The majority involved opioids.1…
Treatment Strategies for Precipitated Opioid Withdrawal after Naloxone Rescue
Abstinence-related, or spontaneous, withdrawal occurs gradually over hours to days, whereas precipitated withdrawal, caused by the administration…
Few U.S. Doctors Can Legally Prescribe Buprenorphine
Fewer than one in 10 primary care providers in the U.S. can prescribe the opioid-addiction medication buprenorphine,…
Submit Your Comments Now for Opioid, Pneumonia Clinical Policies
The following drafts are open for comments until Feb. 15: “Clinical Policy: Critical Issues Related to Opioids…
Get Accredited to Provide Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Dept.
Be part of the solution and improve your community! Understand how to prevent opioid addiction and treat…
ACEP Leaders Meet with the American Academy of Family Physicians
ACEP President Bill Jaquis, MD, FACEP, and President-Elect Mark Rosenberg, DO, FACEP, joined ACEP Executive Director Dean…
Opinion: Doctors, Get X Waivered and Ban the X Waiver
How many saves do we really make? We count the dramatic ones, like that rare thoracotomy that…