Emergency Medicine Founders Discuss Origins of the Specialty, How It’s Changed, and What the Future Holds
In light of ACEP’s approaching golden anniversary, ACEP Now took a look back at the last 50…
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Emergency Medicine Founders Discuss Origins of the Specialty, How It’s Changed, and What the Future Holds
In light of ACEP’s approaching golden anniversary, ACEP Now took a look back at the last 50... -
Thoroughly Document Emergency Medicine Services Provided to Receive Proper Payment
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar... -
Early Hospital Discharge Can Improve Capacity, Patient Flow
Many hospitals in the country operate at capacity, and many patients are boarded in the emergency department....
Thoroughly Document Emergency Medicine Services Provided to Receive Proper Payment
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
Early Hospital Discharge Can Improve Capacity, Patient Flow
Many hospitals in the country operate at capacity, and many patients are boarded in the emergency department….
Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Lower Survival During Nights, Weekends
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Survival rates after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrests are lower at night and…
Documentation Pearls for Coding Lacerations
Editor’s Note: Cutting through the red tape to make certain that you get paid for every dollar…
New ACEP Clinical Policy on Transient Ischemic Attack
In June 2016, the ACEP Board of Directors approved a new clinical policy on the evaluation of…
To Reduce Emergency Department Boarding and Hospital Crowding, Look Beyond the ED
Many hospitals in the country operate at capacity, and many patients are boarded in the emergency department….
Antibiotic Therapy for Abscesses Medical Dogma Challenged by Evidence-Based Research, Outcomes
Medicine has its dogma, but sometimes it’s wrong and, rarely, it’s challenged and disproved. Recall, “Pain meds…
Doctors Beat Online Symptom Checkers in Diagnosis Contest
(Reuters Health) – Doctors are much better than symptom-checker programs at reaching a correct diagnosis, though they…
Antibiotic History of Hospital Bed May Increase Risk of Infection
(Reuters Health) – If the previous occupant of a hospital bed received antibiotics, the next patient who…